Triples with object The ACP (Africa Caribbean Pacific) countries are poor countries which the EU aims to dominate politically and economically. One of the primary tools by which it does this is politicised trade deals, whereby market access is conditional upon submitting to EU political demands. The Economic Partnership Agreements are amongst the most intrusive and formalised means by which the EU gains control over poor countries. We will vote against any attempt to make the EU more powerful towards actors in the Global South.