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News article20 December 2022BrusselsDirectorate-General for Trade

Commission reports on tenth negotiation round with five Eastern and Southern African countries to deepen existing Economic Partnership Agreement

The European Commission has published the report summarising progress made during the latest negotiation round to deepen the existing Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) with five Eastern and Southern African partners.

As part of its transparency commitment, the European Commission has published the report summarising progress made during the latest negotiation round to deepen the existing Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) with five Eastern and Southern African partners (ESA5): Comoros, Madagascar, Mauritius, Seychelles and Zimbabwe.

The tenth negotiation round took place both in Brussels and via video conference from 12-16 December 2022. This round included discussions on eight out of the thirteen thematic parts covered by these negotiations.

As usual, the meeting was held in a positive and constructive atmosphere. Progress varied on each of the thematic chapters.

The next round is tentatively scheduled to take place in March 2023.

More information

Report of the tenth negotiating round 

EU-Eastern and Southern Africa (ESA5) EPA deepening negotiations

Details

Publication date
20 December 2022
Author
Directorate-General for Trade
Location
Brussels
Country or region
Eastern and Southern Africa (ESA)
Trade topics
Economic PartnershipsNegotiations and agreements