Unlike the Cotonou or Lomé Conventions, which are to be replaced by EPAs, these agreements are WTO-compliant, covering substantially all trade in goods (at least 80 %) and services, investments and trade-related rules.
V nasprotju s sporazumoma iz Cotonouja ali Loméja, ki ju bodo nadomestili sporazumi o gospodarskem partnerstvu, so v skladu s pravili WTO in v večji meri pokrivajo vso trgovino z blagom (najmanj 80 %) in storitvami, naložbe in s trgovino povezana pravila.