Thirdly, there are disparities in negotiating capacity. Here we have the well-developed economic bloc that is negotiating with poor, developing nations. There is a gap between the EU approach to EPAs and the ACP's expectations. In 2002 the EU Commission drafted a negotiating mandate for ambitious comprehensive, deep integration free-trade agreements. These could not only liberalise investments and trade in goods and services, but also introduce disciplines for competition, government procurement, trade facilitation, intellectual property rights and data protection.