Stalemate of EU-EAC Economic Partnership (EPA) --- EPA negotiation between the EU and East Africa Community (EAC) were concluded in 2014 but unlike Kenya, Tanzania with other few member states of East Africa Community (EAC), failed to sign and rectify the partnership agreement. The overall concerns of Tanzania is on how the partnership agreement provide the EU with free access to the East Africa Community market for its goods in exchange for lowering tariffs on EAC exports to the EU market. From this kind of arrangement, certainly EAC member states had little to gain from the partnership and signing would harm their national interests. The partnership is viewed as as potential measures of killing EAC infant industries.

Source author: Frank John Mhina frankmhina01@gmail.com