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...

The relations between 46 developing countries and the EC had to be reviewed and revised after the expiry of the EC association agreements with the 19 Yaoundé states and the three Arousha states and also because of the accession of Great Britain to the EC which made it necessary to include also...