00711nam a2200121Ia 450000500170000010000200001724500580003726000090009552004430010458300190054794200060056699900170057220260716043342.0  aGREENIDGE, Carl  aPartnership is important and we should stick with it.  c1997  aExplains that the ACP group contains countries which combine three distinct characteristics: (1) it has a large proportion of the world's least developed countries; (2) most of them are trade dependent; and, (3) the majority rely on the European Union market.  These characteristics provide a strong argument for continuing special treatment, and ACPs will argue for continuing trade preferences at the end of the current Lome Convention.  c3/7/00kM2LMGR  cA  c45462d45462