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Christophe de Vroey, EU trade and communication counsellor, is interviewed by CNBC Africa on what has changed for Kenya's horticulture sector since the economic partnership agreement.
The East African Community (EAC) wants to expand its European market for horticultural products (flowers, vegetables and fruits) through a new trade partnership with Norway, Switzerland, Liechtenstein and Iceland.
The Tripartite Free Trade Area (TFTA) covering 26 countries will be launched in May, it has been agreed.
Pact with Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania and Uganda -- to be expanded to other countries later on -- seen as a stepping stone to full fledged FTA
A senior official of African Union (AU) said Tuesday the long-awaited tripartite free trade area between three regional blocs is expected to be launched in May in Cairo, Egypt.
While bilateral free trade agreements, as a means to further the market-opening and rule-making agenda, have been globally picking up steam, there have also been parallel efforts to usher in a plethora of regional trade agreements and economic unions.
The Egyptian government expects to begin negotiations for free trade agreements with the Eurasian Economic Union, as well as with African economic blocs such as COMESA, SADEC and EALA, and to sign a deal with MERCOSUR in Latin America.
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Most of the clauses in the agreement -- to be signed this month in Cairo -- have been finalised, apart from the preamble and the rules of origin.
