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"en.20120314.22.3-341-000"2
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"The International Cocoa Agreement 2010 will replace the existing 2001 agreement, which, in turn, replaced that of 1993; the first was established in 1972. The EU is a party to this agreement. Among the stated aims of the new agreement are: to promote international cooperation in the world cocoa economy; to contribute to strengthening the national cocoa economies of member countries; to strive towards obtaining fair prices, leading to equitable economic returns for both producers and consumers; to advocate the abolition of trade barriers; to promote and to encourage consumption of chocolate and cocoa-based products; and to encourage members to enhance cocoa quality.
Notwithstanding the positive aspects of this multilateral forum, it is important to emphasise a fundamental observation. In the various forms that this agreement has taken over the years, underlying it, there has always been a vision – and a reality – founded on an international division of labour that is deeply disadvantageous to developing countries, which are considered mere producers and exporters of cheap raw materials and prevented from rising up the sector’s value chain, and whose economies remain heavily dependent and lacking in diversity. That the objectives of this agreement advocate free trade does nothing to change this fundamental viewpoint, but rather reinforces it."@en1
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