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ACP negotiating mandate for the Post-Cotonou Partnership Agreement with the European Union unanimously adopted
6-Jun-2018 Tralac
The Africa, Caribbean and Pacific negotiating mandate for the Post-Cotonou Partnership Agreement with the European Union was unanimously adopted at the 107th Session of the ACP Council of Ministers
EU-ACP post-Cotonou agreement: ACP negotiating mandate (May 2018)
1-Jun-2018 ACP Secretariat
As released by the ACP Secretariat
The free trade myth
29-May-2018 Business Day
Eschewing the ACFTA and EPA may be a blessing in disguise for Nigeria.
Business Europe’s position on the Post-Cotonou partnership between the EU and ACP countries
23-May-2018 Business Europe
The agreement should include strong provisions to promote the finalisation and implementation of the Economic Partnership Agreements (EPAs).
EU-Fiji Cotonou talks begin
23-May-2018 Fiji Times
The dialogue will cover political and economic developments in Fiji and EU and other aspect including the upcoming general elections, climate change, economic partnership agreement, human rights and development cooperation.
The EU caught in the trap of Nigeria’s refusal to sign the West Africa Economic Partnership Agreement and the Continental Free Trade Area
7-May-2018 SOL
President Muhammadu Buhari of Nigeria very explicitly stated to the new Ambassador of the European Union that Nigeria was determined not to sign the Economic Partnership Agreement for West Africa.
Women’s aspirations & priorities within the post-Cotonou negotiations
28-Apr-2018 FEMNET
Negotiations around post-Cotonou framework must take women’s issues into account and be intentional in allocating financial resources to the realization of women’s economic rights and empowerment.
Free trade and its pitfalls: Lessons for Africa
10-Apr-2018 Daily Monitor
Despite having several trade and investment agreements from 1975, the inability for Africa to build substantial productive capacity has in effect rendered the continent a net importer, unable to meet even its own food requirements.
Most favoured nation (MFN) clause, the Africa’s Continental Free-Trade Agreement and the interim Economic Partnership Agreements of Ivory Coast and Ghana
9-Apr-2018 SOL
The MFN clause of their interim Economic Partnership Agreements obliges Ivory Coast and Ghana to extend to the EU the tariff advantages granted in the Africa’s Continental Free Trade Area.
Why Nigeria didn’t sign Economic Partnership Agreement –Buhari
6-Apr-2018 Punch
The President said he had been reluctant to sign the Economic Partnership Agreement among ECOWAS countries because of the need to protect the economy, especially the industries and small businesses that currently provide jobs for majority of Nigerians.
Interview with Ndongo Samba Sylla
4-Apr-2018 bilaterals.org
Dr Ndongo Samba Sylla is an economist, researcher and programme officer at the Office for West Africa at the Rosa Luxemburg Foundation. In this interview, he analyses the African Continental Free Trade Area
Lessons from EPA must inform post-cotonou agreement
22-Mar-2018 Modern Ghana
Governments in the African, Caribbean and Pacific countries should use lessons from the Economic Partnership Agreement for the post-Cotonou possible framework, advises Third World Network.
MAN cautions FG on free trade agreements
14-Mar-2018 Vanguard
The Manufacturers Association of Nigeria urges the Nigerian government not succumb to the pressure by the European Union to sign the EU-ECOWAS Economic Partnership Agreement as well as the African Continental Free Trade Area.
Setback for Kenya as regional heads dig in on EPA deal
1-Mar-2018 Standard Media
East African leaders call for further negotiations on EPA with their European counterparts.
"Trade agreements do not build us" an interview with Justus Lavi
26-Feb-2018 GRAIN
Under EPAs, small-scale farmers are disadvantaged.
Mise à niveau : Un rempart contre la disparition des entreprises locales
9-Feb-2018 Chateau News
Depuis la ratification par le Cameroun, le 22 juillet 2014 de l’accord de partenariat économique avec l’Union Européenne les petites et moyennes entreprises camerounaises sont menacées par le spectre de déflagration.
Mozambique joins the Economic Partnership Agreement between the EU and Southern African States
6-Feb-2018 European Commission
The Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) between the European Union and the Southern Africa Development Community (SADC) became the first regional EPA in Africa to be fully operational after its implementation by Mozambique.
EU seeking to establish separate arrangements with ACP countries
5-Feb-2018 Jamaica Information Service
The European Union is seeking to establish separate arrangements with members of the African, Caribbean and Pacific group, as it prepares to enter into a new partnership agreement with these countries.
Kenya moves to secure post-Brexit trade deals with the UK
12-Jan-2018 Business Daily
Kenya has initiated informal bilateral talks with Britain as it seeks to establish a new trade deal to protect its exports to the European market now that Brexit will likely affect duty free access of Kenyan goods to the country.
Trade agreements that impact seed laws in Africa
13-Dec-2017 GRAIN
Free trade agreements represent a powerful source of pressure to privatise seeds and people’s knowledge connected to seeds.