Tag: Economic Partnership Agreements
Implementing the SADC EPA – challenges and impact
01 Mar 17 DiscussionTaku Fundira, tralac Associate, provides an update on the SADC-EU Economic Partnership Agreement and some of the challenges that may lie ahead
Negotiations between the European Un...
tralac’s Daily News Selection
01 Mar 17 NewsToday’s featured tweets:
G7 Italy 2017: Today meeting of the #G7 Africa Directors in Rome. Fruitful exchange of views on the situation and the way forward in Sub-Saharan Africa....
Uganda struggles to deliver EPA to success
01 Mar 17 News
Despite the lack of consensus among the East African Community (EAC) partner states over the signing of the Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) with the European Union (EU), Uga...
The Economic Impact of the EU-East African Community Economic Partnership Agreement
28 Feb 17 NewsAn analysis prepared by the European Commission’s Directorate-General for Trade
On 3 April 2014, Heads of State and Governments of Africa and of the European Union gathered at t...
How should the UK trade with developing countries after Brexit?
28 Feb 17 NewsIn a previous blog, Traidcraft presented their views on how the UK should trade with the world post-Brexit. Now that it is clear that the UK is going to be leaving the Customs...
EPA trade deal with Europe is a form of colonialism, says Magufuli
27 Feb 17 NewsTanzanian President John Magufuli Sunday described the Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) as a “form of colonialism”, dampening the country’s possibility of signing the dea...
Tanzania demands study on impact of EU trade deal
24 Feb 17 News
Tanzania wants a study conducted on the impact of the Economic Partnership Agreement with the European Union on the East African Community, ahead of the Summit of Heads of State ...
Chatham House interview with Rob Davies, South African Trade Minister
22 Feb 17 NewsThe head of South Africa’s Department for Trade and Industry speaks about his country’s post-Brexit trading relationship with the UK and how it is responding to global economic...
tralac’s Daily News Selection
14 Feb 17 NewsApplications close on 6 March for tralac’s online course ‘Trade in the 21st Century: legal and policy considerations for Africa’.
Profiled appointment: Paul Noumba Um...
Namibia Trade Forum looks into poultry dumping claims
13 Feb 17 NewsThe poultry trade between South Africa and Namibia is not clearly defined, leading to confusion regarding the actual origin of many chicken products imported into the Southern Afri...
tralac’s Daily News Selection
02 Feb 17 NewsPIDA Progress Report 2016 (NEPAD)
The lead implementing PIDA agency, the NEPAD Agency, with support from the AUC, AfDB, partners and stakeholders, continues to interact with the p...
EPA meeting flops as member states fail to provide trade data
02 Feb 17 News
The East African Community meeting that was to be held this weekend to discuss the Economic Partnership Agreement between the region and the European Union was postponed after se...
tralac’s Daily News Selection
01 Feb 17 NewsStarting today, in Mauritius: ‘Cross-border banking and regulatory reforms: implications for Africa from international experience’
Call for papers: ‘Public economics for dev...
Is the collapse of the Economic Partnership Agreement looming?
01 Feb 17 News
As it stands now, the Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) seems to have hit a dead end, Daily Monitor has learnt.
Simply put, EPA is an initiative by the European Union (EU...
More Trade Disputes in 2017? Starting with Measures Against EU Chickens
18 Jan 17 PublicationsAfrican governments do not believe in adjudication as a means for settling trade disputes. This is unfortunate. A final and binding ruling clears the air, removes uncertainty about...
Looking towards 2017: A Framework for Speculating about the Global Picture
18 Jan 17 PublicationsImplications of the election of Donald Trump as the next United States president currently dominate discussions about geopolitical developments and the prospects for internati...
Africa’s global trade relations
18 Jan 17 Resourcetralac’s Daily News Selection
13 Jan 17 NewsStarting, Sunday, in Cape Town: the inaugural UN World Data Forum
Learning to Compete: evidence on exporting and firm-level performance (UNU-WIDER)
This Special Issue by the Jour...
EU trade: Defining talks for East Africa presidents for late January
13 Jan 17 NewsThe East African Community Heads of State Summit, which was to be held in the first week of this month, has been pushed to next month, after the regional ministers of trade and Eas...
Global trade governance
04 Jan 17 ThemesInternational trade and the global economy have undergone significant changes in recent years as a result of improved technology, a shift towards trade in services, and increasing ...