East Africa, EU reach major deal on trade

East African Community Headquarters, Arusha, 20 October 2014:  The European Union has confirmed that Negotiators from the EU and the East African Community (EAC) finalised on 16 October 2014 a new comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) between both regions.
In a press release issued on 16 October 2014, the European Commission state that the agreement will provide legal certainty for businesses and open a long-term perspective for free and unlimited access to the EU market for...

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EU and East African Community strike comprehensive trade deal
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Negotiators from the EU and the East African Community (EAC) have finalised a new comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) between both regions. The agreement will provide legal certainty for businesses and open a long-term perspective ...
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The formation of border teams is seen as a key move in enhancing trade and cargo movement across East African, a Tanzanian government official has said.

The  East African Community Headquarters today hosted a fruitful roundtable discussion with the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) on the topic: Regional Trade in East Africa.
The one-day roundtable discussion was aimed at exploring how IFAD can engage with EAC and its Partners to, among others, support food trade within the East African Common Market under the EAC Food Security Action Plan; develop agriculture value chain and cross border trade, as well as accelerate...

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East Africa: ITC, EAC Launch New Project to Boost African Trade
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The International Trade Centre (ITC) and the East African Community (EAC) today announced that the two organizations are launching a new, joint project to boost intra-African trade. The Trade and Regional Integration Project (TRIP) for EAC was ...
Government calls for cutting trade barriers to spur regional tradeCoastweek
4TH EAC UNIVERSITY STUDENTS' DEBATE ON REGIONAL INTEGRATION SET FOR...

East Africa: EAC Seeks Fairer Deal At Climate Change Summit
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Kigali — As talks in the global climate change summit reaching a peak, the East African Legislative Assembly (Eala) is calling for a fair deal which will be favourable to Africa and the region in particular. "Africa is not a major polluter like the ...

Finland and TradeMark East Africa (TMEA) signed an agreement for additional funding on Friday December 11th to further support TMEA's work in enhancing trade across the East African Community to increase prosperity in the region.  The agreement was signed by the Finnish Ambassador to Tanzania, H.E. Pekka Hukka and Mr. Ali Murufuki, TMEA Board Chair. Finland has supported TMEA since 2013. The grant agreement will make available an additional Euro 2 million (approximately TZS 4.7 billion) to...

14 UK companies cutting across various sectors e.g. Education and Training, Security, Consultancy, Healthcare amongst others are hoping to penetrate new trade opportunities within Tanzania by taking part in UKTI London and South East trade mission to Tanzania between October 22nd-24th 2014. 
This is the first, independent visit by UKTI London and South East to Tanzania and East Africa.

Tanzania is fast emerging as a thriving commercial entity with a GDP growth rate of over 7% year upon year....

Tunisia's governing Islamist Ennahda party and the opposition agree in principle on a new prime minister to lead a caretaker government.