Policy brief: Economic Partnership Agreements and the African Continental Free Trade Area

As of June 2016, the Economic Partnership Agreements (EPAs) have been concluded – but not signed and ratified – in three (3) African regions, namely the East African Community, the Southern African Development Community and Western Africa. In addition, two (2) interim EPAs – the Central Africa and Eastern and Southern Africa EPAs – are being provisionally applied by Cameroon since 2014 and Madagascar, Mauritius, the Seychelles and Zimbabwe since 2012.