Peter Mandelson, EU Trade Commissioner and former Tony Blair cabinet member, has been using strong rhetoric and veiled threats to cajole resistant African countries into new trade agreements with Europe. Meanwhile, across the Atlantic, tens of thousands of Mexican farmers marched on Mexico City in opposition to the final stage of the liberalization of agricultural [...]
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Mandelson’s Meddlings
Posted in ACP Countries, Economic Partnership Agreements, European Union, NAFTA, U.K., United States, WTO, free trade, liberalization, tagged Mandelson, Blair, WTO, NAFTA, Mexico, EPAs, ACP on 10 February 2008 | 1 Comment »
