News stories by Aileen Kwa

GENEVA, Aug 06 (IPS) - The current discourse on Global Value Chains by key proponents and also the World Trade Organisation (WTO) secretariat is that developing countries should liberalise - in goods and services - and conclude a trade facilitation agreement.

Given the way the Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) negotiations have been based on the requirement for reciprocal market opening with the European Union (EU), they are likely to bring more losses than gains for Africa and make the path to development even more difficult, writes Aileen Kwa, coordinator of the Trade and Development Programme at the South Centre, Geneva.

Given the way the Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) negotiations have been based on the requirement for reciprocal market opening with the European Union (EU), they are likely to bring more losses than gains for Africa and make the path to development even more difficult, writes Aileen Kwa, coordinator of the Trade and Development Programme at the South Centre, Geneva.