Kenya and Rwanda have appended EPA with EU

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www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-09-01/kenya-signs-eu-trade-deal-warns-it-may-still-lose-market-access

[RVtitem]

Let's see how Tanzania and Uganda will respond!

www.theeastafrican.co.ke/OpEd/comment/434750-3323648-uirx9iz/index.html

[RV Pundit]

Interesting. I see in SADC - not all countries signed. EU need to pursue bilateral trade agreement with Kenya and Rwanda on this.

[RVtitem]

Uganda seems to have agreed to sign the papers after all. It's now tanzania and burundi remaining.

The governments should publish the details of these deals. It's very sad that it's being bandied around while the details are being kept secret.

www.businessdailyafrica.com/Uganda-makes-U-turn-says-ready-to-sign-EPA/539546-3367190-item-1-iexxhyz/index.html

[RVtitem]

Another point of view from ugandan.
www.newvision.co.ug/new_vision/news/1434239/eu-eac-epa-falls-short-eac-development

It looks like the kenya team is blindly pursuing this deal without sound technical input from experts. Kenya is known to easily sign off deals that the west are involved. I think there's more to it...maybe by signing, Kenya will get new loans/writing off past loans from EU. Its fair to say that the current government is a loan/debt guru.

[RVtitem]

Interesting. I see in SADC - not all countries signed. EU need to pursue bilateral trade agreement with Kenya and Rwanda on this.

The EU has already adviced kenya to leave EPA and consider going for other options. www.the-star.co.ke/news/2016/07/21/european-ministers-urge-kenya-to-abandon-epa-deal_c1389879

However, the Kenyan team seem very arrogant to push the deal despite opposition from other EA countries. From the looks Rwanda and Uganda might have accepted to sign it under duress while they wait for saviour Magufuli to skip it, thus not putting them on collision with Kenya.

It's the same thing that happened with oil pipeline through Tanzania. pork had to travel all the way to france to ensure pipeline went through kenya, but it didn't influence the players.

Moreover, many kenyans (esp. online) brag to other EA countries about not being on list of the famous "least developing countries", but when it comes to fulfilling its duties as a "developing country", kenya will run to its poor neighbours!

[yulemsee]

Interesting. I see in SADC - not all countries signed. EU need to pursue bilateral trade agreement with Kenya and Rwanda on this.

The EU has already adviced kenya to leave EPA and consider going for other options. www.the-star.co.ke/news/2016/07/21/european-ministers-urge-kenya-to-abandon-epa-deal_c1389879

However, the Kenyan team seem very arrogant to push the deal despite opposition from other EA countries. From the looks Rwanda and Uganda might have accepted to sign it under duress while they wait for saviour Magufuli to skip it, thus not putting them on collision with Kenya.

It's the same thing that happened with oil pipeline through Tanzania. pork had to travel all the way to france to ensure pipeline went through kenya, but it didn't influence the players.

Moreover, many kenyans (esp. online) brag to other EA countries about not being on list of the famous "least developing countries", but when it comes to fulfilling its duties as a "developing country", kenya will run to its poor neighbours!

The article is very different from the point your making

[RVtitem]

Thanks to our Tanzania brothers for stalling Europe EPA.

www.herald.co.zw/why-african-countries-are-refusing-trade-pacts/

That Europeans are fighting against USA TTIP while imposing similar agreement on Africans is absurd.