NewsWhore
07-30-2008, 04:00 PM
A third date for the signing ceremony for the full Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) between the European Union, the Caribbean Community plus the Dominican Republic has been announced for 2 September in Barbados, as reported by the Nation News, Barbados' leading newspaper. The agreement involves 15 Caribbean states and 27 European Union countries.
The Nation News attributes the second postponement to internal differences among labor unions, non-government organizations and parliament in several Caribbean Community countries to the signing of the agreement in its present form.
As reported in the Nation News of Barbados: "Just last Wednesday, Sir Shridath Ramphal, the former chairman of The West Indian Commission and first Chief Negotiator of the Caribbean Regional Negotiating Machinery (CRNM), argued in an interview with the Caribbean Media Corporation (CMC) that it was 'not too late' for the Caribbean to pull out of the EPA as the European themselves were now examining "flaws in the accord", and that precedents existed for a reasonable pause for serious review."
http://www.nationnews.com/editorial/292265215855613.php
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The Nation News attributes the second postponement to internal differences among labor unions, non-government organizations and parliament in several Caribbean Community countries to the signing of the agreement in its present form.
As reported in the Nation News of Barbados: "Just last Wednesday, Sir Shridath Ramphal, the former chairman of The West Indian Commission and first Chief Negotiator of the Caribbean Regional Negotiating Machinery (CRNM), argued in an interview with the Caribbean Media Corporation (CMC) that it was 'not too late' for the Caribbean to pull out of the EPA as the European themselves were now examining "flaws in the accord", and that precedents existed for a reasonable pause for serious review."
http://www.nationnews.com/editorial/292265215855613.php
More... (http://www.dr1.com/index.html#11)