Everything But Arms (EBA) is an initiative of the European Union under which all imports to the EU from the Least Developed Countries are duty free, with the exception of armaments. EBA entered into force on 5 March 2001. There are transitional arrangements for bananas, sugar and rice until January 2006, July 2009 and September 2009 respectively. The category of least developed countries is a social/economic classification status applied to 51 countries around the world by political scientists and economists through the United Nations. ... The bayonet, still used in war as both knife and spearpoint. ... March 5 is the 64th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (65th in leap years). ... Banana can be The Banana fruit The town Banana, Queensland The town Banana, Democratic Republic of the Congo The Rev. ... A sugar is a form of carbohydrate used in the food and drinks industries, and important in biochemistry. ... Species References ITIS 41975 2002-09-22 This article is about the food grain, not the university or Condoleezza Rice; see also rice (disambiguation). ...
The aim of the scheme is the encourage the development of the world's poorest countries. Development has meaning in several contexts: Biological development of embryos in the context of developmental biology Child development or post-natal human development (pediatrics, etc) Personal development (New Age self improvement) Economic development in economics and international relations Human development - to improve the health, education and range of choices of...
Trade is a key factor in economic development. ... The Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) is a system of European Union agricultural subsidies which represents about 44% of the EUs spending. ... For other uses of the initials WTO, see WTO (disambiguation). ...
External links
European Commission "Generalised System of Preferences: "EBA" - Everything But Arms initiative" (http://europa.eu.int/comm/trade/issues/global/gsp/eba/index_en.htm)
Oxfam, December 2000, "Everything But Arms and Sugar?" (http://www.oxfam.org.uk/what_we_do/issues/trade/opb13_armssugar.htm)
Everything But Arms (EBA) is an initiative of the European Union under which all imports to the EU from the Least Developed Countries are duty free, with the exception of armaments.
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