The Council of Ministers of the European CommunIties decided on March 30, 1971, to put into effect on July 1, 1971, a system of general tariff preferences favouring the exports of manufactures and semimanufactures from developing countries. By taking this decision the European Communities have...

Originally concluded in February 1975, the Lomé agreement linking the EEC with some 58 African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) states expired in March 1980. The relationship was renewed by the Second Lomé Convention signed on October 31, 1979. Our author takes a critical view of this new...

Negotiations for an extension of the Lomé Convention of February 28, 1975 (Lomé I) began - almost unnoticed by the public - on July 24, 1978. An analysis of the experiences with the Lomé Convention and the demands and amendments presented by the contracting parties is offered in the following...