Three years ago Britain and the European Union (EU) threatened to reduce aid to Namibia and South Africa for not signing the Economic Partnership Agreements (EPAs). Many novice international relations scholars and politicians were caught off guard, and could not understand the magnitude of the refusal to sign the EPAs.
Namibia's principled refusal to get bullied into an agreement against what it considered its own best interests served as an example for other countries who were initially more willing to give in to the pressure exerted by the EU. A year later - in 2014 - Namibia agreed to sign the EPA.
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