African states are ready to abandon ten years of trade talks with the EU as their patience has worn thin in response to what they call "pressure tactics" on the part of the European Commission.
In a pair of papers seen by EUobserver using language as blistering as diplomatic phrasing gets, African trade chiefs call on Brussels to step up and take the same supportive attitude towards development behind closed doors in trade talks as in their public pronouncements.
"The divergences ...
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