The Lomé Convention with its 63 signatory states in Africa, the Caribbean and the Pacific (ACP) represents the centre-piece of the EC's development policy. The current agreement, Lomé II, expires on February 28, 1985, and negotiations on Lomé III already began in Luxembourg on October 6,...

Authors from different backgrounds (including law, political science and economics) analyze the forces that gave rise to the new agreement as well as the negotiating process of the new agreement, and the negotiations that are taking place to produce the planned Economic Partnership Agreements...

Vor zehn Jahren wurde das erste Lome-Abkommen geschlossen und von beiden Partnern - EG- und AKP-Staaten - als "Modell" und "Markstein" in den Nord-Süd-Beziehungen bezeichnet. Deshalb ist es Zeit für eine Analyse der praktischen Durchführung. Zwei Fragen stellen sich: 1. Hat das Modell...