00758nam a2200121Ia 450000500170000008000180001710000180003524500910005326000510014430000130019552004110020858300170061920260716043934.0  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