East Africa: Sign the Economic Partnership Agreement

7 February 2017
editorial

Economic experts have advised the East African Community (EAC) and Uganda, in particular, to consolidate regional markets and forget about signing the EAC-European Union (EU) Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA).

Civil Society Organisations in Uganda say EAC countries are better off improving trade within the region than sign a trade agreement with EU. They claim the pact is unfair to the EAC.

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