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EAC, European Union trade negotiations in final stages

The East African Community (EAC) Council of Ministers will meet next month to conclude talks on the outstanding issues on signing of the contentious Economic Partnership Agreement (EPAs).

About two and half months to the deadline set by the European Union (EU) for all the Africa Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) countries to sign the EPAs, EAC governments have agreed to meet on July 21 to finalise the unresolved issues.

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