"países andinos" in English

The social situation in the Andes countries deserves more attention.

However, neither the December 2009 agreement nor the agreement with the Andean countries was anticipated in the POSEI.

In terms of commercial policy, the European Union is giving the Andean countries a prime position in the proposed GSP+.

A number of chemical precursors were signed in 1995 between the European Union and the Andean countries and have now come into force.

In this way the regime covering central African countries is extended to all products granted to the Andean countries for duty exemption.

This is the case for the Andean countries in particular, where there are certain pockets of extreme poverty and the continent's greatest inequalities.

The talks were suspended in June 2008, because the Andean countries could not agree on the objectives and content of the chapter on trade.

The recent agreement between the European Union and the Andean countries, in particular, Peru and Colombia, will sacrifice the producers of the outermost regions.

First of all, a partnership-oriented agreement on cooperation with the Andes countries can help defuse the explosive political and social situation in the region.

That is why we regret the lack, in these proposals, of attention to an integrated economic and social development strategy, which, needless to say, is what that region deserves.

New negotiations began in January 2009 with the willing Andean countries, namely Columbia, Ecuador and Peru, in order to reach a multilateral free trade agreement.