Tag: Economic Partnership Agreements
Is Brexit now in the Emergency Ward?
31 Jul 18 BlogBrexit is due to happen on 29 March 2019 but there is no agreement yet on how the future relationship between the UK and the EU (the UK’s most important trading partner) will wor...
SADC EPA Trade Defense Mechanisms
31 Jul 18 BlogThe Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) between the European Union and the Southern African Development Community (SADC) EPA Group[1] is a WTO compatible Free Trade Agreement (FTA...
Trade routes: goods trade between SADC and the EU
31 Jul 18 InfographicsThe Eurostat database shows the export of goods (recorded in tons) to the EU28 member states by mode of transportation. The data shows the mode of transportation for external trade...
Trade between the SADC EPA countries and the EU
30 Jul 18 InfographicsCommonwealth Business Forum: Dr Fox announces measures to strengthen commonwealth trade ties
19 Apr 18 NewsInternational trade secretary sets out new measures supporting strong Commonwealth trade ties at Heads of Government Summit
As the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (C...
Report of the tenth session of the Committee on Regional Cooperation and Integration
17 Apr 18 NewsThe tenth session of the Committee on Regional Cooperation and Integration was held in Addis Ababa on 1 and 2 November 2017, on the theme, “Implementation of the Continental Free...
tralac’s Daily News Selection
12 Apr 18 NewsUnderway, in Windhoek: SACU Council of Ministers meeting
The ministers will discuss, among others, SACU trade negotiations, including the recently launched African Continental Fre...
SADC EPA TRQ Utilisation Update and opportunities under SADC EPA
15 Mar 18 DiscussionTaku Fundira, tralac Associate, discusses tariff rate quotas under the SADC-EU Economic Partnership Agreement
November 1, 2016, marked a new era in the European Union (EU)’s tra...
Are the Brexit options for retaining SADC-EPA Benefits becoming clearer?
08 Mar 18 BlogBrexit will arrive in about one year from now, at the end of March 2019. There have been many statements and “clarifications” but official negotiations about how the European U...
CFTA, migration & illicit financial flows discussed in Songwe’s meeting with African Ambassadors
28 Feb 18 NewsEconomic Commission for Africa’s Executive Secretary, Vera Songwe, on Tuesday met with African Ambassadors in Ethiopia for their 19th quarterly briefing which touched on a number...
Joint Communiqué: 19th Ordinary Summit of Heads of State of the East African Community
26 Feb 18 NewsTheme: Enhancing Socio-Economic Development for Deeper Integration of the Community
The East African Community Heads of State, their Excellencies President Yoweri Kaguta Musev...
Court dismisses appeal over EAC partner states signing EPA dispute
19 Feb 18 NewsThe Appellate Division dismissed an Appeal filed by one Castro Pius from the United Republic of Tanzania, whose application seeking an injunction to stop the Partner States which h...
SADC-EU Economic Partnership Agreement: Mozambique Trade Profile
09 Feb 18 InfographicsOn 10 June 2016, the EU and six countries of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) EPA Group – comprising Botswana, Lesotho, Namibia and Swaziland (BLNS), South Afric...
tralac’s Daily News Selection
06 Feb 18 NewsNiger assumes the G5 Sahel Presidency during this week’s Niamey summit
Mozambique joins the Economic Partnership Agreement between the EU and Southern African states (European C...
Mozambique joins the Economic Partnership Agreement between the EU and Southern African states
06 Feb 18 NewsThe Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) between the European Union and the Southern African Development Community (SADC) became the first regional EPA in Africa to be fully operat...
tralac’s Daily News Selection
30 Jan 18 NewsBilateral talks between Kenya and Tanzania to resolve existing non tariff barriers and enhance trade entered their 3rd day today. The Kenyan delegation is led by Dr Kiptoo while Pr...
$89 billion lost in underuse of European Union free trade agreements, report shows
30 Jan 18 NewsImporters and exporters make use of the free trade agreements that the EU has signed with other countries – but not as much as they could.
The full potential of European Union f...
Ghana and European Union holds inception meeting on interim Economic Partnership Agreement (iEPA)
30 Jan 18 NewsThe first meeting of the EPA Committee under the Interim Economic Partnership Agreement (iEPA) between Ghana and the EU was held in Accra, Ghana on 24 January 2018.
The meeting wa...
Cumulation provisions in the SADC EPA
25 Jan 18 BlogEarlier this week, visiting officials from the European Commission provided insight at a Business Unity South Africa (BUSA) workshop into the cumulation provisions contained in the...
A tralac Perspective on the bigger picture for 2018
19 Jan 18 BlogThe Trade Law Centre (tralac) monitors integration, trade and governance in Africa. The fact that developments in Southern and Eastern Africa are more frequently covered does not m...