The Economic Partnership Agreements (EPAs), are being negotiated between the EU and the African Caribbean and Pacific, (ACP) group of countries. There are 79 ACP countries. They have divided themselves into six regional groups in order to negotiate EPAs. These six groups are shown as follows. Two countries that are part of the ACP but are not negotiating an EPA are Somalia and Timor-Leste.
West Africa
Benin
Burkina Faso
Cape Verde
Gambia
Ghana
Guinea
Guinea Bissau
Ivory Coast
Liberia
Mali
Mauritania
Niger
Nigeria
Senegal
Sierra Leone
Togo
Central Africa
Cameroon
Centr. Africa
Chad
Congo (Brazzaville)
Congo (Dem. Rep.)
Equatorial Guinea
Gabon
Sao Tome and Principal
East and South Africa ESA
Burundi
Comoros
Djibouti
Eritrea
Ethiopia
Kenya
Malawi
Mauritius
Madagascar
Rwanda
Seychelles
Sudan
Uganda
Zambia
Zimbabwe
Southern Africa
Angola
Botswana
Lesotho
Mozambique
Namibia
Swaziland
Tanzania
Caribbean
Antigua and Barbuda
Bahamas
Barbados
Belize
Dominica
Dominican Republic
Grenada
Guyana
Haiti
Jamaica
St. Lucia
St. Vincent
St. Ktts and Nevis
Surinam
Trinidad and Tobago
Pacific
Cook Is.
Fed. Micronisia
Fiji
Kiribati
Marshall Is.
Nauru
Niue
Palau
Papua New Guinea
Samoa
Solomon Islands
Tonga
Tuvalu
Vanuatu