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Abuja to host conference on economic partnership between ECOWAS, EU
9-Jul-2015 World Stage News
An international conference designed to take a critical appraisal of the proposed Economic Partnership Agreement between Economic Community of West African States and the European Union will take place in Abuja between July 28 and 29 2015.
Nants carpets Ecowas for signing EPA
26-Jan-2015 Business World
The National Association of Nigerian Traders (Nants), on behalf of civil society groups and private sector organisations in the sub-region, has blasted leaders of the Economic Community for West African States for secretly signing the Economic Partnership Agreement with the EU.
FTA talks with Nigeria on the cards
18-Dec-2014
Pakistan is working on a proposal for early initiation of negotiations with Nigeria on Free Trade Agreement (FTA) to boost bilateral trade.
The poison in the EPA
1-Dec-2014 Business Day
Africa must seek other viable alternatives in its quest for economic development, argue the editors of Business Day in Nigeria.
Nigerian lawmakers consider EU’s economic partnership proposal
22-May-2014 Channels Television
Nigeria’s House of Representatives has invited the Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment to brief it on details of the EU’s proposed Economic Partnership Agreement and present the worst case scenario should Nigeria refuse to sign it.
Why Nigeria scuttled the EU-ECOWAS trade deal
3-Apr-2014 This Day
The federal government has stated that it declined endorsing the Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) with the European Union because acting otherwise would have been inimical to the advancement of the varied growth policies currently being implemented by the government.
US back ECOWAS’ efforts to attain borderless trade status
4-Mar-2014
Countries in the West African sub-region were yesterday reassured of the support of the United States in their quest to establishing a borderless trade environment in the ECOWAS region.
Nigeria moves to resist, as EU tries to impose EPA
22-Oct-2013 This Day
The Nigerian government and other stakeholders of the economy are preparing a stiff resistance against the European Union’s renewed plan to foist a questionable Economic Partnership Agreement on Nigeria, THISDAY has learnt.
Freeing trade between South Africa and Nigeria
4-Jul-2013 IPS
If a Free Trade Area were negotiated between Africa’s two largest economies, South Africa and Nigeria, it would have a powerful effect across the sub-continent. However, there are concerns that such an FTA would give one-sided benefits to the South Africans.
MAN wants Economic Partnership Agreement put on hold
16-Nov-2012
The much disparaged European Union’s Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) got a fresh beating Tuesday in Lagos, as the Manufacturing Association of Nigeria (MAN) told a gathering of Industry stakeholders, including EU’s Ambassador to Nigeria, David Macrae, that the EPA Road Map should be put on hold and that the entire negotiation process be subjected to a complete review.
Europe intensifies EPA lobby in West Africa
10-Oct-2012 This Day
The European Union has rebuffed claims that the proposed Economic Partnership Agreement with the West African region and Nigeria within the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) is out to undermine the region’s nascent manufacturing sector.
Nigeria: Soludo - EU trade agreement is second slavery
19-Mar-2012 This Day
The Economic Partnership Agreement being negotiated with African countries, including Nigeria, on sub-regional basis by the European Union will further underdevelope the continent despite the juicy promises, former governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Professor Chukwuma Soludo, has warned.
ECOWAS Common External Tariff: Examining Pitfalls and Perks
8-Dec-2011
The 11th Meeting of the joint ECOWAS-UEMOA Committee for the Management of the ECOWAS Common External Tariff (CET) opened in Cotonou, Benin Republic on December 5, to review the draft CET Nomenclature, based on the 2012 version of the Harmonized System and the draft ECOWAS CET prepared by the two regional blocs in Banjul, The Gambia, last April.
Brainstorming on breaking trade barriers in West Africa
23-May-2011
The subject of trade barriers has been a recurring issue in the country for years. Thus, a forum that emphasised the need for African countries, West African countries in particular, to trade with each other was organised Thursday by the Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI).
Need for early conclusion of investment promotion issue with Nigeria: Anand Sharma
18-Mar-2011 Sify
Union Commerce Minister Anand Sharma today expressed for an early conclusion of Bilateral Investment Promotion and Protection Agreement (BIPPA) with Nigeria.
Association says EPA negotiations promote economic integration in West Africa
18-Aug-2010
National Association of Nigerian Traders (NANTS) on Monday said the Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) negotiations had created some reliefs that could promote regional economic integration in the ECOWAS sub-region.
Set up D-8 FTA, remove tariff barriers: PM
8-Jul-2010
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina here today urged the Developing-8 member states to evolve their own mechanism for establishing a D-8 Free Trade Area (FTA) to increase trade and business.
India, Nigeria to conclude trade talks by June
19-Jan-2010
India and its largest African trading partner Nigeria will conclude by June the talks to sign agreements on trade, investment and double taxation avoidance that will lead to a Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA).
Nigeria & Thailand negotiate bilateral trade agreement for rice production
15-Dec-2009 Pattaya Daily News
Recently the Thai Commerce Minister visited Nigeria were he discussed the proposal of a Bilateral Trade and Investment Agreement — primarily involving agricultural development — with the Nigerian Minister for Commerce and Industry.
Nigeria cautious on EU free trade deal
22-Nov-2009
Nigeria, sub-Saharan Africa’s second largest economy, will not sign free trade deals with the European Union until it is sure it can comfortably compete, a minister said on Wednesday.