Economic Partnership Agreements between the EU and ACP countries (under the Cotonou Agreement)
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.
18-Dec-2018
Business Day
The Southern African Customs Union is close to finalising a deal with the UK to replicate the existing economic partnership agreement which the customs union has with the EU, says South African trade and industry minister.
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.
9-Nov-2018
Xinhua
Namibia's Presidential Advisor for Private Sector said that Namibia is at an advanced stage of finalising the Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) implementation plan and has begun implementing the plan's crucial aspects.
2-Nov-2018
L'Harmattan
Latest book by economist Jacques Berthelot insists that West Africa will lose out if it signs the economic 'partnership' agreement with the European Union.
29-Oct-2018
Loop
The United Kingdom says it will honour the current Economic Partnership Agreements (EPA) with PNG and other ACP member states that have existing preferential trade relations with the European Union, after Brexit.
28-Oct-2018
ETUC
Trade unions from Africa and Europe have followed with grave concern the negotiation and conclusion of Economic Partnership Agreements (EPAs) between the EU and regional groupings in Africa.
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.