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.
23-Oct-2018
Project Syndicate
If the EU is to seize the economic opportunities that Africa offers, it will need to work with the continent’s leaders to forge a new kind of partnership that treats African countries as equals. Simply put, the new EU-Africa relationship must be based on trade, not aid.
24-Sep-2018
Asharq Al-Awsat
Mauritania on Friday became the 15th West African country to sign the region-to-region Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) with the European Union.
3-Sep-2018
The East African
The UK will be planning to roll over "copycat" European Union agreements with African nations.
13-Aug-2018
European Commission
The Gambia became the 14th West African country to have signed the region-to-region Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) with the EU.