Tag: EU-Africa relations
European Parliament Committee on Development issues draft opinion on the conclusion of the West Africa-EU Economic Partnership Agreement
08 Jan 16 NewsDraft Opinion of the Committee on Development on the proposal for a Council decision on the conclusion of the Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) between the West African States, ...
Economic partnership with EU vital for Nigeria’s development, says Commissioner Malmström
06 Nov 15 NewsCecilia Malmström, EU Trade Commissioner, visited Lagos, Nigeria on 5 November 2015, where she spoke at the EU-Nigeria Business Forum and meeting with government, business and civ...
Update on Economic Partnership Agreements between the EU and African regions
04 Nov 15 DiscussionWilliam Mwanza, tralac Researcher, provides an update on the state of play in the EPA negotiations between the European Union and African regions
An Economic Partnership Agreement...
Trade for All: European Commission presents new trade and investment strategy
15 Oct 15 NewsThe Commission is proposing a new trade and investment strategy for the European Union, entitled ‘Trade for All: Towards a more responsible trade and investment policy’.
The n...
Could Europe’s historical trade links offset China slump?
14 Oct 15 NewsFears that a slowing China will cause world trade to stagnate could be overstated, given European nations’ long-standing trade links with emerging markets (EMs) across Latin Amer...
Economic Partnership Agreements: What has Africa gained and what can it lose?
01 Sep 15 NewsACP countries were required for the first time to negotiate reciprocal, though asymmetric trade agreements, with a major – and developed – trading partner, the EU, giving birth...
The EiB: An effective implementing partner for European Development Policy
13 Jul 15 NewsOver the decades, the EU’s development policies have been anchored in its partnership agreements with the African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) group of countries. These agreement...
European Union gives Sh1bn to boost Kenyan exports
28 May 15 News
The European Union (EU) has channelled 12.1 million euros (Sh1.26bn) to various players in Kenya’s export industry in a bid to save the ailing sector.
The money is to be s...
European Parliament’s Trade Committee wastes ground-breaking opportunity on conflict minerals
16 Apr 15 NewsJoint Civil Society Public Statement
Today [14 April 2015] the European Parliament’s Committee on International Trade (INTA) wasted a ground-breaking opportunity to tackle the d...
South Africa alleges “inconsistent” citrus inspections in Southern Europe
24 Feb 15 NewsSouth African delegates will soon be touring several European nations in a bid to clarify citrus black spot (CBS) inspection procedures, which are estimated to be squeezing more th...
Why Europe needs to regulate the trade in minerals
03 Dec 14 News“That diamond upon your finger, say how came it yours?” asks Shakespeare’s Cymbeline. “Thou’lt torture me,” responds the villainous Iachimo, “to leave unspo...
European Union hesitates to import Kenya’s produce even as GMO war rages
18 Nov 14 NewsLast week’s promise by members of the European Union (EU) that they would allow genetically modified foods from Kenya into their region may have been premature, with the European...
European Union says no to Kenya’s plea for export tax refund
04 Nov 14 NewsThe European Union has reiterated it will not issue tax refunds to Kenyan fresh produce exporters during the four months period ahead of the formalisation of the new Economic Partn...
The legal framework and state of play of Economic Partnership Agreements between the EU and African regions
29 Oct 14 PublicationsThe Economic Partnership Agreements (EPAs) between the European Union (EU) and respective African, Caribbean, and Pacific (ACP) countries are regional agreements aimed at prom...
Kenyan exports to Europe now face tariffs
09 Oct 14 NewsThe EAC has been negotiating a free trade agreement with the EU for more than 10 years, but it has so far failed to seal a deal on an Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA). Kenya is...
European businesses plead for urgent improvement in business licensing, taxation
09 Oct 14 News
“We are here to listen to you and make swift improvements,” says Ahmed Shide, MoFED
The European Union Business Forum Ethiopia (EUBFE) pleaded for an urgent improvement of t...
SADC EPA Workshop, 23 August 2014
27 Aug 14 Eventtralac held a workshop on 23 August, 2014, in Cape Town, to discuss the Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) that negotiators of the SADC EPA parties and the European Union (EU) in...
Legal and institutional aspects of the SADC Economic Partnership Agreement
27 Aug 14 PublicationsIt has taken ten years to negotiate the SADC Economic Partnership Agreement (SADC EPA). Negotiators of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) parties initialled the text...
EU launches new programme to support Africa’s continental integration
08 Aug 14 NewsThe European Commission has launched the first phase of a new programme that will foster Africa’s integration process at continental level – the first ever EU program...
Southern African region and the EU complete negotiations for an Economic Partnership Agreement
23 Jul 14 NewsIn a move welcomed by European Commissioner for Trade, Karel De Gucht, and by European Commissioner for Agriculture, Dacian Cioloş, the chief negotiators of the European Union and...