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EU and Port-au-Prince sign economic partnership agreement
15-Dec-2009 EuroPolitics
By signing, on 11 December, an economic partnership agreement with the EU, Haiti has jointed the fourteen other member states of Cariforum, the organisation of Caribbean countries, that signed the EPA in October 2008.
Haiti signs the CARIFORUM–EU Economic Partnership Agreement
14-Dec-2009 eGovMonitor
Haiti today signed the Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) and joins the fourteen Caribbean States that signed the EPA in October 2008.
Fiji joins EU-Pacific regional trade agreement
12-Dec-2009 Swedish Presidency of the EU
Fiji has today in Copenhagen signed on to the interim Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) between the EU and the countries of the Pacific.
East Africa: EABC advised to join EPA trade talks
8-Dec-2009 Tanzania Daily News
The European Union says that the private sector through East African Business Council, should be participating in economic partnership agreement negotiations. "Maybe in future we will have to treat the private sector and activists through two different windows," EU officials specify.
Kenya exports to EU face taxes
7-Dec-2009 Nation
The European Union has for the first time indicated that the failure by the East African Community to sign a new trade agreement will lead to introduction of taxes on Kenyan exports to Europe.
ACP countries: Sidelined by Europe again?
27-Nov-2009 Carbbean Net News
The European Union (EU) has not included in the Lisbon Treaty a crucial article that was a feature of treaties between the EU and African Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) states.
Arusha meeting key to breaking deadlock over EPAs trade deal
27-Nov-2009 Business Daily
Representatives of East Africa Community governments and the private sector hope to use a two-day meeting that starts in Arusha on Friday to break the deadlock with the European Commission over Economic Partnership Agreement negotiations.
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.
EAC warned on EPAs
16-Nov-2009
East African Community (EAC) states should not sign the interim Economic Partnership Agreements (EPA) until pending issues are resolved, a trade analyst has said.
Bahamas’ EPA offer accepted
11-Nov-2009
More than one year after The Bahamas signed onto the Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA), the European Commission has accepted this country’s services offer, according to Minister of State for Finance Zhivargo Laing.
EU’s Trade Stance ’Very Regrettable’, Says Pohamba
6-Nov-2009
President Hifikepunye Pohamba has likened the European Union’s trade negotiations with Namibia to the days of apartheid, saying the powerhouse is refusing to treat the country as an equal and listen to its concerns about the controversial economic partnership agreement (EPA).
EU’s Economic Partnership Agreements – the continuation of colonialism by other means
30-Oct-2009 In Defence of Marxism
The European Union, along with powers like the USA and Japan, has long had a policy of establishing economic relations with former colonies that impose the will of imperialism on the economic development of these countries. Supposedly instruments designed for “poverty alleviation”; in reality their main purpose is to open the markets of these poorer countries to goods flowing in from the advanced capitalist nations.
Spain urges Namibia to join EU party
16-Oct-2009 Informante
The European Union, through its Spanish chair, has made an impassionate plea for Namibia to sign the interim Economic Partnership Agreement saying this will accelerate the country’s economic growth.
Zambia: Economic Partnership Agreements - for the rich or poor?
16-Oct-2009 Times of Zambia
The signing ceremony of the Economic Partnership Agreement between the European Union and the East and Southern Africa Bloc to which Zambia belongs, raised some eyebrows, but also drew attention to something deeper when Zambia and other members refused to sign.
S.Africa sugar producers hopeful of EU trade deal
16-Oct-2009 Reuters
Durban-based Illovo Sugar — Africa’s biggest producer, majority-owned by British Sugar — said it plans to raise output by 50 percent to nearly 3 million tonnes in the next five years to cash in on the new tariff-free EU access.
NGOs welcome EU’s vow not to push Africa into EPAs
11-Oct-2009
Non-governmental organisations have expressed their satisfaction at the European Commission’s declaration that it would not put "undue pressure" on African and other countries to conclude the controversial trade deals called economic partnership agreements (EPAs).
Germany urges Namibia to sign EPA
9-Oct-2009 New Era
Germany this week urged Namibia to sign the contentious Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) with the European Union (EPA) as the deadline for the controversial trade agreement draws closer.
EAC service industry practitioners meet
4-Oct-2009
Services industry practitioners and representatives from the East African region met to discuss and seek ways of building services coalitions to confront challenges in the sector and help unlock the region’s economic potential.
E.Africa traders seek ways to boost exports to Europe
4-Oct-2009
Players in the services industry from across the East Africa Community region are working on a raft of reforms that could unlock potential ahead of the signing of economic partnership agreements (EPAs) with the European Commission.
EPA negotiations in limbo – Daramy
30-Sep-2009 Peace FM
Economic Partnership Agreement negotiations between West Africa and the European Union are in a limbo due to differences over market access, the regional grouping ECOWAS said on Tuesday.