EAC TRADE DEAL GIVES EAST AFRICA CLOTHING EXPORTERS PERMANENT DUTY FREE ACCESS TO EU MARKETS
March 8th, 2015
THE EUROPEAN Union (EU) and the five members of the East African Community (EAC) are now legally scrubbing the text of a free trade agreement (FTA) concluded last October (2014), to prepare it for signature and ratification, according to the European Commission.The agreement – dubbed an ‘economic partnership agreement’ (EPA) – is expected to fully open the EU textile and clothing market to Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania and Uganda for the foreseeable future. The permanence of the agreement is especially important to Burundi, Rwanda, Tanzania and ...
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