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Ghana-UK reach consensus on new trade agreement
5-Jan-2021 Business Ghana
The agreement provides duty free and quota free access for Ghana and the same preferential tariff reductions for British exporters as provided by the arrangement that is currently in force.
Labour urges UK trade secretary to end delays over Kenya and Ghana deals
2-Nov-2020 The Guardian
Liz Truss urged to sign off deals quickly to spare African states high tariffs once Brexit transition period ends.
The European Commission’s manipulations of the interim Economic Partnership Agreements of Côte d’Ivoire and Ghana
3-Apr-2020 SOL
This analysis aims to uncover the many tricks used by the European Commission to impose the Interim Economic Partnership Agreements of Côte d’Ivoire and Ghana.
EU grants Ghana €40 million under Economic Partnership Agreement
4-Mar-2019 Business Ghana
This is the last tranche of the €323 million the EU offered Ghana under the Economic Partnership Agreement.
Parliament ratifies free trade pact
2-May-2018 Ghana Web
Ghanaian Parliament has endorsed the new agreement establishing the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA).
Ghana: Government moves to deepen bilateral trade with Japan
10-Apr-2018 All Africa
The Finance Ministry of Ghana is leading a business delegation to Japan, expecting to boost bilateral trade and economic relations with Japan and to conclude the Ghana Japan Bilateral Investment Treaty.
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.
The urgent clarification of import duties applied in Côte d’Ivoire and Ghana related to their interim EPAs
19-Dec-2017 SOL
What will happen if the regional EPA of West Africa is never finalized?
Free trade agreements least favoured Ghana
20-Oct-2017 Modern Ghana
Ghana has benefitted little from free trade agreements it has signed over the last decade. The development has also contributed to widening the country’s trade deficit recorded over the period.
MEPs in Ghana and Ivory Coast to monitor EPA implementation
19-Apr-2017 EurActiv
MEPs from the European Parliament’s International Trade Committee are in West Africa this week, to monitor the implementation of Economic Partnership Agreements.
UK hints at new trade deal with Ghana
18-Feb-2017 Ghana Web
The United Kingdom, as suspected after Brexit, will “do a free trade deal” with Ghana, its Foreign Secretary, Boris Johnson, said in Accra
Private sector will be the main focus of the CFTA – MoTI
8-Feb-2017 Ghana Web
The interest of the private sector will be at the forefront in negotiations of the Continental Free Trade Area Agreement.
West Africa’s losses of customs revenues with the WA EPA or interim EPAs
31-Dec-2016 SOL
The conclusion is clear-cut: Ghana and Ivory Coast should have no interest whatsoever to implement the interim EPAs already ratified but should pressure the EU to request a new WTO waiver or to grant them the status of GSP +.
Ghana’s absurd ratification of the interim EPA
31-Dec-2016 SOL
The Ghanaian Parliament did not realize that it was shooting itself in the foot, following the Government which preferred to give in to the powerful pressures of international agribusinesses rather than to hear the warnings of the whole range of Ghanaian civil society.
The ECOWAS Trade Liberalization Scheme undermined by the Interim EPAs of Ivory Coast and Ghana
3-Dec-2016 SOL
The Interim EPAs of Ivory Coast and Ghana will disrupt in a number of ways the functioning of intra-regional trade in the ECOWAS Trade Liberalization Scheme
Malmström welcomes parliamentary vote on Ghana agreement
2-Dec-2016 European Commission
The European Parliament voted, with a 375-220 majority, to give its consent to the interim Economic Partnership Agreement between the EU and Ghana.
Comments to the Ghanaian Minister of foreign affairs’ letter to the European Parliament
15-Nov-2016 SOL
Despite the vibrant Ghanaian Minister plea to the European Parliament to ratify the interim Economic Partnership Agreement, there are some flaws.
Comments after the INTA Committee’s debate on Ghana’s interim EPA
2-Nov-2016 SOL
On October 13, 2016 the INTA Committee of the European Parliament debated Ghana’s interim EPA (iEPA), with the participation of Ms Hannah Tetteh, Ghana’s Minister of foreign affairs.
GSP+ is by far a much better option for Ghana than implementing its interim EPA
14-Oct-2016 SOL
Asking to the EU the benefit of GSP+ would be by far a much better option than implementing its interim EPA it has already ratified.
EU wins the battle for reciprocal trade access in Africa
28-Sep-2016 EurActiv
The six African countries threatened with losing access to the European single market have finally agreed to sign the EU’s Economic Partnership Agreements (EPAs). But the continent’s regional integration may suffer as a result. EurActiv France reports.