major economic and trade reforms – a process which is still not completed. At the same time, it also started to open its … economy. Vietnam has become a member of the ASEAN Free Trade Agreement (AFTA), signed several bilateral trade agreements and … is currently negotiating accession to the World Trade Organization (WTO). First positive results of the reform process …

governed trade relations between these countries since 2000. The Cotonou Agreement, implemented through a waiver from the World … Trade Organization (WTO), expires on December 31, 2007. At the second EU-Africa summit, held in Lisbon on December 8 …–9, trade issues have been a major bone of contention, with several African heads of state denouncing the way the negotiation …