00729nam a2200109Ia 4500080001800000100001800018245009100036260005100127300001300178520041100191583001700602  a01.01.01 M614  aMeyn, Mareike  aEconomic partnership agreements : a 'historic step' towards a 'partnership of equals'?  bOverseas Development InstituteaLondonGBc2008  av, 15 p.  aArgues that the (interim) EPAs initialled between the EU and less than half of all ACP states at the end of 2007 do not represent a 'historic step' in EU-ACP relations.  Argues further that the enforcement of the EPA implementation is unlikely in some cases given the decreasing attractiveness of the EU market, and the Commission's dwindling capacity to sanction non-compliance by withdrawing preferences.  c4/6/09kJOYD