15-Jul-2019
The East African
The EAC negotiated and concluded a bilateral trade agreement with the EU as a bloc, and it must remain as such, say sources at the European Commission.
11-Jul-2019
The New Times
Members of the Lower House approved the agreement establishing a Tripartite Free Trade Area among the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa, the East African Community, and the Southern African Development Community.
6-Jun-2019
East African Business Week
The African Continental Free Trade Area (ACFTA) will be launched on 7 July 2019 in Niamey, Niger, by the Heads of State and Government at an extraordinary summit of the African Union.
28-Feb-2019
The East African
Tanzania is in talks with EU to resolve some technicalities and will only sign the agreement after all its issues have been ironed out.
25-Feb-2019
The East African
Seatini said East African countries should find alternative ways to finance development projects rather than depend on public-private partnerships and bilateral investment treaties, which have cost the region dearly.
11-Feb-2019
The East African
The discussion on the EPA took place during the East Africa Community summit, with Tanzania insisting that it must be allowed more time to send experts to EU headquarters in Brussels, Belgium, to present its grievances.
4-Feb-2019
The East African
East African countries can individually sign separate trade agreements with the European Union if a joint deal is not reached within the next four months.
28-Jan-2019
The East African
Kenya is asking that EAC partner states adopt the variable geometry, a move that would be viewed as counter to regional integration.
28-Jun-2018
Daily Monitor
The slow pace at which member states of the Tripartite Free Trade Area Agreement (TFTA) are committing to the bloc, has derailed the enforcement of the treaty and trade in one of Africa’s largest economic zones.
15-May-2018
Business Daily
Kenya will not sign a free trade agreement that China has been negotiating with the East African Community (EAC) partner States since 2016.
11-May-2018
Journal du Cameroun
The TFTA seeks to establish an enlarged market involving 27 member countries from the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa, the East African Community and Southern African Development Community.
10-Apr-2018
Daily Monitor
Despite having several trade and investment agreements from 1975, the inability for Africa to build substantial productive capacity has in effect rendered the continent a net importer, unable to meet even its own food requirements.
1-Mar-2018
Standard Media
East African leaders call for further negotiations on EPA with their European counterparts.
