Farmers, like Magdalena in Malawi, will be forced into unfair competiton under EPAs
750 million people at risk...
The European Union (EU) is currently discussing trade agreements with some of the world’s poorest countries. It's vital they get them right, because the livelihoods of millions of people depend on the outcome.
Economic Partnership Agreements (EPAs) are being negotiated between the EU and 75 countries in Africa, the Caribbean and the Pacific (the ACP).
Negotiations should have been concluded by the end of last year but while some countries have agreed partial agreements, other are still to concluded negotiations.
Tearfund is joining with other members of the Trade Justice Movement and with campaigners from across the world to speak out and ensure that EPAs work for the world's poorest people.
Click here to read our response to the interim deals that have been signed by some ACP countries.
Join us and pray
- that trade ministers from across Europe, including our own minister Douglas Alexander, will listen to the demands of campaigners from across the world as they ask that EPAs act as tools for development
- that trade ministers from ACP countries will continue to call for a deal which benefits the world's poor, despite pressure to accept the deal currently being offered
- that Christians in the UK and across Europe will continue to be inspired to stand up and speak out against injustices in world trade