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.
29-Sep-2017
Journal du Cameroun
Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni who is also the current chairman of the East African Community (EAC) arrives in Brussels, Belgium with a delegation from the EAC member states to discuss the issue of the Economic Partnership Agreements.