Policy Brief 10

Executive summary

The outcome of Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) negotiations will change a decades-old reciprocal trading regime between the European Union and African Caribbean Pacific (ACP) countries. This Policy Brief analyses legal and development implications for Eastern and Southern African (ESA) countries in negotiating trade in services under the EPAs. It concludes that ESA countries should focus on developing domestic capacity to provide universal access to basic services, develop export capacity in niche sectors, design and improve regulatory capacity and mainstream intra-regional trade. 

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