ACP countries

A new agreement has been reached with the ACP countries.

Only then can we expect this from the ACP countries as well.

I have been travelling in the ACP countries for over 20 years.

Of course, the ACP countries know they must adapt to world trade.

Many ACP countries have lost more than seven times the amount they get in development aid.

We should help the ACP countries to develop sustainable production.

The relationship of trust with the ACP countries is now at stake.

They are also damaging the image of the ACP countries.

Many have expressed concern over what will happen to ACP countries.

We are therefore sending a strong political message to the ACP countries.

Only then will democracy and human rights have a chance in the ACP countries as well.

All they want to do is get more access to the market at the expense of the ACP countries.

They involve the future of our commercial relations with the ACP countries.

It is very important for our partners in the ACP countries to understand this too.

It was cheap and offered access to our market to ACP countries.

The interim agreements do not yet include all ACP countries.

ACP countries will only open their markets gradually, with the possibility to maintain exceptions.

The desire of the ACP countries is to continue this partnership.

Let us listen to the ACP countries when they point to our violations of human rights.

From the ACP countries' point of view the advantage is equally important.

They are all of tropical origin and produced in ACP countries.

These funds will be earmarked for activities in ACP countries.

What is the point, therefore, of the ACP countries signing these agreements?

Customs barriers are not, however, the most important problem for the ACP countries.

Nor, of course, will the situation change through the ACP countries' developing internal markets.