Economic Partnership Agreement (EPAs) Meeting
22 – 24 September 2005, Mombasa, Kenya

Final Report [English, French]

Meeting Conclusions [English, French]

Regional Meeting on Economic Partnership Agreements
By Andrew Allimadi, 29 September 2005
ECA organized an Africa-wide meeting of trade experts from 22 – 24 September 2005 in Mombasa, Kenya to discuss the on-going Economic Partnership Agreement (EPAs) negotiations taking place with the European Union (EU).

EPAS Regional Meeting to take place in Mombasa
By Andrew Allimadi,19 September 2005

Speeches and Presentations:

:: Speech by Mr. Hakim Ben Hammouda, Director of Trade and Regional Integration Division of ECA.
Economic and Welfare Impacts of EPAs on African Countries, by Stephen Karingi.
The Southern African Development Community and the Economic Partnership Agreement with the European Union, by Romain Perez.
Economic and Welfare Impacts of the Economic Partnership Agreement on COMESA, by Mustapha Sadni Jallab.
Economic and Welfare Impacts of the Economic Partnership Agreement on ECOWAS by Rémi Lang.
Preferential Agreements, Non-Tariff Barriers and Associated Market Access Issues, by Andrew Mold.
Évaluation de l’impact de l’accord de partenariat économique entre les pays de la CEMAC et l’Union européenne, par Nassim Oulmane.

Media coverage:

Mr Innocent Kayihura (left) of the United Nations Development Programme, chats with Mr Hakim Ben Hammouda of the United Nations Economic Commission for AfricaEU's trade policies criticised
Story in the Kenyan Daily Nation (http://www.nationmedia.com/dailynation/) published on 9/23/2005.