Tag: EU-Africa relations
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...
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...
Chicken fight rocks South Africa-Europe trade relations
26 Jan 17 NewsChinese steel and Mexican-made cars became political dynamite last year as politicians including U.S. President Donald Trump championed anti-free trade rhetoric. Now chickens ...
Africa and Europe – A new partnership for development and peace
19 Jan 17 NewsCornerstones of a Marshall Plan with Africa
More than ever before, our future – and that of our children and grandchildren – is linked to the future of our neighbouring contin...
Europe readies its ‘Marshall Plan’ for Africa
18 Jan 17 NewsThe head of the European Investment Bank wants the EU to treat African countries as closer economic partners.
If Europe wants to tackle the root causes of the migration crisis, th...
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 ...
The EPA story and Implications of Brexit
15 Dec 16 PublicationsThe objective of this paper is to set the background for a discussion and analysis of the EAC-EU Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) and the implication of Brexit on the overall t...
Migration to Europe a result of failed development policies in Africa
07 Dec 16 NewsThe ongoing migration of people to Europe is evidence that African countries have failed to implement policies that could yield benefits to their citizens.
The East African Commun...
Kenya asks EAC court to throw out bid to block trade deal with Europe
25 Nov 16 News
Kenya has asked the East African Court of Justice (EACJ) to throw out an application seeking to stop the conclusion of a free trade pact with Europe.
Attorney-General Githu ...
Court to rule on whether the EAC EPA should be signed: What lessons for REC Integration Efforts?
23 Nov 16 DiscussionGerhard Erasmus, tralac Associate, comments on the lodgement of a civil suit by a Tanzanian national in the EAC Court of Justice opposing the signing of the EAC Economic Partnershi...
Tanzanian sues to stop Kenya from concluding trade deal with Europe
17 Nov 16 News
Kenya’s quest to close an economic partnership agreement (EPA) with the European Union ahead of next year’s deadline has run into fresh head winds after a Tanzanian lodged a ...
EU’s EPA strategy detrimental to Africa – ECOWAS farmers
07 Nov 16 NewsThe Economic Community of West Africa States (ECOWAS’) farmers have called on African leaders to resist the pressure being put on them by the European Union to sign the Economic ...
South Africa’s transition from TDCA to EPA: Agricultural market access
04 Nov 16 NewsThe European Union and the Republic of South Africa concluded a Trade, Development and Cooperation Agreement (TDCA) which came into effect on 1 January 2000.
The TDCA “Trad...
New tariffs as EPA kicks in
21 Oct 16 NewsFinance minister Calle Schlettwein yesterday said a new tariff book will be gazetted next month as part of Namibia's Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) with the European Union.
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The Economic Impact of the SADC EPA Group-EU Economic Partnership Agreement
11 Oct 16 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...
Entry into force of the SADC-EU Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA)
10 Oct 16 NewsJoint Press Release from the Department of Trade and Industry of the Republic of South Africa and the EU Delegation to the Republic of South Africa
Benefits of a new trade de...
European MPs warn EAC to be cautious on EU trade deal
23 Sep 16 NewsThe proposed Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) between the East African Community and the European Union is not ideal for the region and could stifle the infant industries if pa...
Kenya: Parliamentary Memorandum on the Economic Partnership Agreement between EAC partner states and the EU
12 Sep 16 NewsOn Wednesday, September 7, 2016, Parliament received the final version of the Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) as signed by the Government Republic of Kenya on 1st September 20...
Sigh of relief as Europe gives East Africa four months to sign EPA
12 Sep 16 NewsKenya has received a four-month reprieve to ratify the trade agreement it signed with the European Union in Brussels on August 29, providing a ray of hope for exporters&n...
Civil Society Statement on the current state of play of the EPAs after the European Commission’s latest ultimatum
09 Sep 16 NewsThe undersigned civil society organisations attending the Conference “The future of integration in the content of Europe-Africa trade relations – Overcoming paradoxical pattern...