Africa
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5-Nov-2004 CAFOD
The Wrong Ointment
CAFOD is asking the UK government to hold the EU to drop all ‘offensive interests’ in the EPA negotiations in Africa and provide African countries ‘alternative’ non-reciprocal trade relationships that are not free trade areas
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7-Oct-2004 The Guardian
Seeds of change
Unable to get its own way through the World Trade Organisation, the EU is now shamelessly trying to corral some of the world’s poorest nations into bilateral trade agreements that would severely disadvantage them.
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20-Sep-2004 EPAwatch
Déclaration de Maputo
Réunion des organisations de la société civile à l’occasion du 4èmeSommet des Chefs d’Etats d’Afrique-Caraïbes-Pacifique (ACP).
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14-Sep-2004 Indymedia Paris / Ile de France
European Imperialism and Free Trade
The European Union is on the verge of implementing a series of free trade agreements and is leading a trade policy that can hold its own against the American policy.
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14-Sep-2004 Indymedia Paris / Ile de France
L’impérialisme européen et le libre-échange
L’Union européenne est sur le point de mettre en place une série d’ accords de libre-échange et mène une politique commerciale offensive qui n’a rien à envier à la politique américaine.
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2-Sep-2004
Comesa plan hits a snag
The drive for a Comesa Customs Union (CU) has suffered a major setback following sharp differences among member states on the proposed common external tariffs.
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5-Jul-2004 The Political Economy of Regional Trade Agreements in Africa
The Political Economy of Regional Trade Agreements in Africa
Throughout history, international trade has generated considerable controversy. While conceding that some trade was imperative, Aristotle observed that trade was disruptive of community life. Until the 19th Century, most European powers viewed trade as a form of undeclared warfare. Their objective was - and still remains - the maximization of benefits accruing to themselves and minimization of those accruing to rival nations. The weapons of choice in this warfare were import barriers.
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26-Mar-2004 Is Africa for sale?
Is Africa for sale?
This Sunday, trade representatives from member states of the Southern African Customs Union (SACU) will meet their counterparts from the United States in Walvis Bay, to resume negotiations for a bilateral Free Trade Agreement, expected to be concluded by the end of this year.
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22-Mar-2004
Africa Growth and Opportunities Act (2000)
