Economic Partnership Agreements threaten to:
* Force competition between emerging ACP industries and powerful European companies.
* Expose poor farmers to heavily subsidised European agricultural products.
This will lead to:
* Small businesses being destroyed
* Millions of poor farmers driven of their land
* Regulations designed to protect the environment being weakened
Many people in developing countries rely on natural resources for everyday needs.
By increasing exports of timber, fisheries, minerals, oil and gas, EPAs could spell disaster for these communities and the environment.
Brit cits go to this site to register your concerns directly with the government ministers concerned.
Friends of the Earth: Campaigns: Global Trade: Press for change: Stop EPAs hurting the poor and planet
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