Tag: Economic Partnership Agreements
The UK-SACUM Economic Partnership Agreement
05 Oct 20 BlogUntil 31 December 2020, goods exported from the Southern African Customs Union (SACU) member states and from Mozambique to the United Kingdom (UK) will be covered by the SADC-EU Ec...
6th Meeting of the EU-SADC EPA Trade and Development Committee: Joint Communiqué
21 Feb 20 NewsSenior officials from six countries (Botswana, Eswatini, Lesotho, Mozambique, Namibia and South Africa) of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) and the European Union ...
Angela Merkel’s state visit to South Africa: its significance amid the current Germany-South Africa trade relationship
12 Feb 20 BlogOn Thursday 6 February 2020, German Chancellor Angela Merkel landed in South Africa as part of a brief visit to Southern Africa, which also includes a visit to Angola. This is her ...
Brexit: The Milestone of 31 January 2020 and the Challenges ahead
12 Feb 20 BlogOn 1 January 1973, Prime Minister Edward Heath signed the EEC Treaty of Accession in terms of which the UK joined the EU. The same two parties have now finalized the formalities to...
A No-Deal Brexit is on the Cards. What are the Implications for Trade with the UK?
30 Aug 19 PublicationsBoris Johnson became Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (UK) on 24 July 2019 and changed the narrative on Brexit. He wants to renegotiate the withdrawal deal agreed by his predec...
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23 Jul 19 NewsDiarise: The 7th Annual East Africa International Arbitration Conference 2019 takes place on 29-30 August in Nairobi
Featured African trade policy tweets:
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The first Dispute under the SADC EPA has been declared
12 Jul 19 PublicationsWhen the SADC EU Economic Partnership Agreement (SADC EPA) between the European Union (EU) and the Member States of the Southern African Customs Union (SACU) and Mozambique was con...
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27 Mar 19 NewsTunisia has formally ratified its membership of COMESA – becoming its 20th member
Diarise: Transforming Mauritius – policies to foster industrialisation and development. The w...
SACU, Mozambique make progress on impending Brexit
14 Mar 19 NewsSubstantial progress has made to conclude a Roll-Over Economic Partnership Agreement between SACU, Mozambique and the UK.
The Minister of Trade and Industry, Dr Rob Davies says pr...
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20 Feb 19 NewsThe continued relevance of S&DT in favour of Developing Members to promote development and ensure inclusiveness: a communication from China, India, South Africa and Venezuela c...
EU, SADC hold their first Joint Council meeting under the Economic Partnership Agreement
20 Feb 19 NewsThe first meeting of the Joint Council under the Economic Partnership Agreement between the European Union and the Southern African Development Community (SADC) took place in Cape ...
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07 Feb 19 NewsEconomic Partnership Agreement between the Eastern Southern Africa (ESA) States and the UK: documentation downloads
Explanatory memorandum
Parliamentary report
Treaty text
Afri...
ESA-UK Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA): Continuing the UK’s trade relationship with the Eastern and Southern African region
07 Feb 19 NewsThe United Kingdom has committed to continue its current trade arrangements with the Eastern and Southern Africa (ESA) States if it leaves the European Union without a deal on 29 M...
UK signs Eastern and Southern Africa trade continuity agreement
01 Feb 19 NewsTrade Policy Minister George Hollingbery signed the trade continuity agreement in London with a number of representative governments.
A continuity agreement will see British busin...
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28 Jan 19 NewsEvents listing, Part II
Profiled trade and development event listings: events happening outside of Africa
ITC and Commonwealth Secretariat: Women in the digital economy and inter...
EPA: Test of unity as Kenya breaks away
28 Jan 19 NewsKenya hopes to marshal support for its ambitious plan to trade with Europe during the East African Community (EAC) Heads of State Summit scheduled for February 1, in Arusha, after ...
Africa trade and technology
15 Jan 19 NewsIntroduction
It is perceived that economic nationalism has slowed the meteoric rise of global trade. Since the Uruguay Round created the World Trade Organization (WTO) in 1995, tr...
Southern African Customs Union (SACU)’s trade and tariff profile
14 Dec 18 BlogThe members of SACU are Botswana, Lesotho, Eswatini, Namibia and South Africa. SACU’s objectives include to, inter alia, facilitate cross-border movement of goods between me...
The Brexit that refuses to arrive
13 Dec 18 PublicationsOn Wednesday, 12 December (107 days before Brexit happens), a deeply divided Conservative Party voted, under a special procedure allowing a leadership challenge by secret ballot, t...
WTO members review regional trade agreements covering EU, Ghana and EAEU
22 Nov 18 NewsWTO members reviewed the interim Economic Partnership Agreement between the European Union (EU) and Ghana at the meeting of the Committee on Regional Trade Agreements on 19 Novembe...