Help African campaigners say no to unfair trade

"Thank you for joining with us in campaigning to stop Europe's unfair trade deals with Africa. Every email sent is another chance for the voice of African people to be heard and could help tip the balance in our favour. So please support us in our campaign and help secure fairer trade deals for the world's poor. Help stop the re-colonisation of Africa! "
Madalitso Mtine, Economic Justice Network, South Africa

Take action now!

Jose Barroso The politicians of Europe are seeking to push forward their unfair trade agreements with Africa.

Despite the people and many governments of the developing world calling for more time to re-negotiate the deals they initialled under pressure last year, Europe is refusing to budge.

There is a real danger that Africa will face a future with deepening unemployment, and less money to invest in health care, education and transport because Europe failed to listen to their concerns.

But there's a man who can change all this!

José Manuel Barroso is the President of the European Commission. He can call for these unfair deals to be renegotiated. But we need to convince him to act fast!

Together with the African organisation, Economic Justice Network, we want to send Mr Barroso so many emails that he feels compels to act.

Please help us to get Manuel to save the day

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I’m writing to support the recent calls by African Trade Ministers and African civil society for Economic Partnership Agreements to be renegotiated. EPAs are hugely important to the future development of the poor countries involved – it’s essential we get them right. The interim agreements put forward by the European Union could put jobs and industries at risk by requiring developing countries to open up their economies too fast and too broadly. Many developing countries signed the interim deals in order to guarantee their trade to Europe beyond 2007 – yet UN studies predict that African countries’ trade with each other will be reduced by these deals. And over half the countries refused to sign because the deals did not meet their needs. As a member of the European Union I would like to see the EC allow developing countries the chance to renegotiate the controversial elements of EPAs. Please will you act on the promise you made in December that the deals could be renegotiated and ensure that no interim deals are signed or ratified until after the concerns of ACP countries have been met. I’m sending this message with the support of the African Economic Justice Network.
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