Tag: EU-Africa relations
Burundi says will not sign EPAs; Dar mulls decision as Uganda backs Kenya, Rwanda
05 Sep 16 News
Tanzania has said that its decision on whether to sign a trade deal with the European Union will be known after Monday’s EAC Council of Ministers meeting in Arusha, as Burundi ...
The EPA has been hammered out over 12 years; it safeguards all our interests
05 Sep 16 News
Now that Kenya and Rwanda have gone ahead and signed the EAC-EU Economic Partnership Agreement (on Thursday, September 1), putting an end to a torturous nail-biting wait by Kenya...
Uganda makes U-turn, says ready to sign EPA
02 Sep 16 News
Uganda has reversed its decision to delay the signing of the Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) with the European Union.
Trade minister Amelia Kyambadde said the governmen...
Kenya pursuing her own deal after region’s EPA deadlock
31 Aug 16 NewsKenya has sent a delegation to the European Union for talks, to shield the country from heavy taxes on its exports, as closing the Economic Partnership Agreement by October appears...
EPA: Kenya’s fate now lies with heads of state
22 Aug 16 News
Kenya has left the fate of the controversial Economic Partnership Agreement with the European Union in the hands of the EAC heads of state, whose meeting was rescheduled to next ...
Nigeria to lose $1.3trn by 2026 to EPA arrangement – Report
16 Aug 16 NewsA report authored by Social Action, a social development organisation, indicates that Nigeria stands to loose up to $1.3 trillion in forms of customs duties, taxation and other rev...
Kenya in last-ditch efforts to woo its regional partners to sign EPA with EU
15 Aug 16 News
Ministers responsible for regional integration will hold talks this week in a last-ditch effort to get the East Africa Community to continue negotiating for an international...
The inherent dangers for the EAC signing the EAC-EU EPA
15 Aug 16 NewsStatement prepared by SEATINI-Uganda for the extra-ordinary meeting of EAC partner states to take a decision on the EPA, to be held on 18 August 2016
Introduction
There are numer...
Civil society views on the EAC-EU Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA)
05 Aug 16 NewsWe, the members of Civil Society Organizations working on Trade, fiscal and trade related issues in the EAC, would like to present our observations and recommen-dations in respect ...
The EPA with Europe is bad news for the entire region, even Kenya
01 Aug 16 News
The EPA issue once again emerged when, in early July, Tanzania informed EAC member states and the European Union that it would not sign the Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) b...
Brexit: scapegoat for EAC countries to back out of the EPA?
27 Jul 16 DiscussionWillemien Viljoen, tralac researcher, discusses the current predicament facing the EAC states regarding the Economic Partnership Agreement to be signed with the EU
After more than...
Economic Partnership Agreements: A case of unfortunate timing?
13 Jul 16 NewsIn preparing this paper, Stephen Lande and Dennis Matanda leverage their extensive first-hand experience with both the African Union and Africa’s regional economic communities. T...
E Africa business council in new push for countries to sign EPAs
30 Jun 16 NewsFurther delay in signing the Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) will hamper East African Community partner states’ export to the European Union market, the East African Busines...
The European Union sets its sights high on ambitions with China
23 Jun 16 NewsThe High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and the European Commission on 22 June 2016 adopted a Joint Communication, entitled “Elements for a n...
EU signs Economic Partnership Agreement with Southern African countries
10 Jun 16 NewsThis development-oriented agreement is the first of its kind with an African region pursuing regional economic integration.
The European Union and six countries of the Southern Af...
The Economic Impact of the West Africa-EU Economic Partnership Agreement
02 Jun 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...
Africa sees reasons for UK to ditch the European Union
25 May 16 NewsIt is a curious coincidence that, with the UK vote on membership of the European Union next month, the future of the bloc is uncertain when some in Africa lament the implementation...
WTO Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures: Activities of the Europe-ACP Liaison Committee
10 Mar 16 NewsThis report has been prepared for the Formal Meeting of the World Trade Organisation Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary (SPS) Measures, 16-17 March 2016.
CONTEXT
The Europe-...
The European Union and the African Union: A statistical portrait
26 Feb 16 NewsThis “statistical portrait” 2015 edition presents a broad comparison between the situation of the European Union, including EFTA members and Candidate countries, and the Africa...
ITAC’s agricultural safeguard investigation into chicken imports from the EU and the transition from the TDCA to the EU-SADC EPA
24 Feb 16 DiscussionWilliam Mwanza, tralac Researcher, discusses agricultural safeguards and South Africa’s impending transition from the TDCA to the EU-SADC Economic Partnership Agreement
The Inte...