Economic Partnership Agreement with southern African countries enters into effect

The Economic Partnership Agreement between the European Union and six southern African countries came into effect on 10 October 2016.

This EPA grants duty-free access to the European Union for six countries of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) - Botswana, Lesotho, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa and Swaziland.

• Primary Source

ESO: Background information: MEPs back trade deal with six African countries http://www.europeansources.info/record/endorsement-of-the-economic-partnership-agreement-with-six-southern-african-countries/

European Commission: DG Communication: MEMO/16/3340, 10.10.16: Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) between the European Union and the Southern African Development Community (SADC) EPA Group http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_MEMO-16-3340_en.htm

ESO: Economic Partnership Agreement with the Southern African Development Community (SADC) http://www.europeansources.info/record/economic-partnership-agreement-with-the-southern-african-development-community-sadc/

EurActiv, 11.10.16: New African economic partnership enters into force, critics still unconvinced http://www.euractiv.com/section/development-policy/news/new-african-economic-partnership-enters-into-force-critics-still-unconvinced/

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