4-Mar-2019
Business Ghana
This is the last tranche of the €323 million the EU offered Ghana under the Economic Partnership Agreement.
28-Feb-2019
The East African
Tanzania is in talks with EU to resolve some technicalities and will only sign the agreement after all its issues have been ironed out.
23-Feb-2019
New Internationalist
How the Global South is affected by the current trade turmoil – and old patterns of power.
14-Feb-2019
European Commission
The island states Comoros and Samoa have joined the Economic Partnership Agreements (EPAs) between the EU and the group of countries from their respective regions. The EU now has 40 trade agreements in place with 72 countries.
11-Feb-2019
The East African
The discussion on the EPA took place during the East Africa Community summit, with Tanzania insisting that it must be allowed more time to send experts to EU headquarters in Brussels, Belgium, to present its grievances.
11-Feb-2019
NHK World Japan
Japan and Turkey will hold talks in Tokyo on a bilateral economic partnership agreement.
4-Feb-2019
The East African
East African countries can individually sign separate trade agreements with the European Union if a joint deal is not reached within the next four months.
28-Jan-2019
The East African
Kenya is asking that EAC partner states adopt the variable geometry, a move that would be viewed as counter to regional integration.
7-Jan-2019
Monde Diplomatique
African countries, backed by the EU, want internal and external free trade, which will wreck local agriculture, and rural economies and societies.
19-Dec-2018
Harbour Times
Hong Kong signed an agreement with China to allow goods of Hong Kong origin to enter the China without tariffs, made as part of the Greater Bay Area (GBA) initiative.
11-Dec-2018
Nikkei Asian Review
Japan’s parliament approved an economic partnership agreement with the EU, clearing a key hurdle for the tariff-cutting pact to take effect next year.
