Browsing: Africa’s trade with the EU

While the government of Tanzania has not listed specific projects that the Global Gateway grant will finance, the country already has several green initiatives underway and is leading the region in digital transformation.

The EU envisions that through the grant funding various solutions will be realized under five main banners; green transition, digital transition, accelerating sustainable growth and decent job creation, strengthening health systems and improving education and training

In this regard, the EU is of the view that tackling the global challenge of climate change, it must work with Africa to maximise the benefits of the green transition and minimise threats to the environment in full compliance with the Paris Agreement, as stated in the official EU statement.…

• On Thursday, the European Parliament held a vote to consider a new report that would revive its EU Africa trade agreement as advocated for in this paper, which has been forwarded to the European Commission (EC) for deliberation and, if necessary, resolution
• The paper, which was authored by the EU Committee on International Trade, provides a number of suggestions for potential investments in Africa in the future
• The vote on the “Future of EU-Africa commercial ties” will centre on five primary topics: food security, infrastructure, fair trade treaties, civil society, and workable economic development

On Thursday, the European Parliament held a vote to consider a new report that would revive EU Africa trade agreements.

More equitable treatment of African nations within the context of their existing bilateral trade agreements is advocated for in this paper, which has been forwarded to the European Commission (EC) for deliberation and, if necessary, resolution.…

There is a device being used rather often lately by our most vocal lobbyists as they chase new regulation or overturn old rules: ‘Europe’ has banned ‘it’, or done ‘it’, or changed ‘it’, they are telling us, as a reason to reshape our own policies.  

However, the problem with this form of case-building, just as when our children tell us their friend’s parents allow ‘it’ or have bought ‘it’, is that the comparison comes without circumstantial detail, and with the possibility of being untrue in the way it is presented, or, at the very least, of being irrelevant to our own circumstances. 

Indeed, few things are more illustrative of those pitfalls than the oft-cited banning of pesticides by Europe. In the ‘one-story-fits-all’ line of case-building, we are told that Europe has banned a mass of pesticides because they result in cancer and reproductive problems in humans. This is painful for …