Economic Partnership Agreements between the EU and ACP countries (under the Cotonou Agreement)
31-Dec-2016
SOL
The Economic Partnership Agreement of West Africa was initialled in Ouagadougou on June 30, 2014 by the Chief negotiators but to date Nigeria, the Gambia and Mauritania have not formally signed it.
21-Dec-2016
Standard
The European Union could cut development aid to East African countries that have refused to enter its trade agreement.
15-Dec-2016
People Over Profit
Under the EPAs, African, Caribbean, and Pacific countries will implement commitments way beyond what they already have agreed to in the WTO.
11-Dec-2016
SOL
The States of West Africa and East Africa have been pressured to sign the Economic Partnership Agreements on the basis of false indications, not to say lies, of the European Commission.
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
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.
21-Nov-2016
Today
Kenya’s quest to close an economic partnership agreement (EPA) with the European Union ahead of next year’s deadline has run into fresh head winds after a Tanzanian lodged a civil suit in the East African Court of Justice, seeking to stop it.
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.
14-Nov-2016
Citizen
The Tanzanian parliament has shot down plans for the country to sign the economic partnership agreement (EPA).
8-Nov-2016
All Africa
The Economic Partnership Agreement between East African Community and European Union is 'a raw deal', an independent team tasked to examine the trade deal has warned.