Africa, EU Agree to Work On Outstanding EPAs Issues

AFRICA and the European Union (EU) agreed at the end of the EU-Africa summit held in Brussels, Belgium last week, to continue working on outstanding Economic Partnership Agreements (EPAs) with the aim to foster intra-African trade, Africa's regional integration efforts and the planned Continental Free Trade Area (CFTA).

Prime Minister Hage Geingob represented Namibia at the summit. Namibia currently enjoys free access to the EU market. Namibian products whether industrial or agricultural, do not pay duties at the EU's borders and are not subject to quotas. But the country has so far refused to sign the interim EPA agreement and is seeking for more favourable terms.

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