Reciprocity may be the price required to maintain South Africa’s access to AGOA benefits Press reports in May 2014 indicated that the South African government “will consider giving some US producers the same access to the local market a... 22/06/2014
Benin profits from Nigeria’s agricultural trade policy A USDA review of the agricultural situation in Benin, published in March 2014, notes that “Benin serves as a delivery corridor for West Africa, rea... 01/06/2014
CARICOM–Canada trade negotiations back on track Press reports indicate that after a “lengthy impasse”, negotiations between CARICOM and Canada for a reciprocal preferential trade agreement are ba... 16/05/2014
Scope for future intra-ACP cooperation in the agro-food sector ECDPM has published a paper on the scope for deepening intra-ACP cooperation in support of agro-food sector transformation in ACP countries. Despit... 05/04/2014
Launch of EAC–US TIP negotiations potentially complicated by other trade agreements EAC and US officials met in February 2014 to discuss a possible Trade and Investment Partnership (TIP) between the East African Community and the U... 30/03/2014
ECOWAS agrees common external tariff with greater agricultural protection According to a report by ECDPM, the 15 ECOWAS states have agreed a common external tariff (CET) to come into effect in 2015 which “will lead (on av... 23/02/2014
Concerns over impact of EU trade agreements on US trade with Africa In November 2013, the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) posted a report on the impact of EU trade agreements on US agro-food sector trade with So... 02/02/2014
Background to and issues arising from the establishment of the ECOWAS CET A review has been posted by the European Centre for Development Policy Management (ECDPM) examining the process leading up to the decision by the h... 26/01/2014
Kenya to seek further extension of COMESA sugar safeguards According to the Kenyan Agriculture Secretary, Mr Felix Koskei, a further extension of COMESA sugar safeguards is to be sought, since “the sugar in... 19/01/2014
Could agreement on ECOWAS CET ease EPA negotiations? In October 2013, ECOWAS ministers “recommended that the new regional common external tariff (CET) become operational on 1 January 2015”. Ministers... 15/12/2013