MEDIA INVITE - OPENING SESSION OF THE NEGOTIATIONS BETWEEN THE EAC AND THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF SOMALIA (FRS) ON THE ADMISSION OF FRS INTO THE EAC

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MEDIA INVITE

OPENING SESSION OF THE NEGOTIATIONS BETWEEN THE EAC AND THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF SOMALIA (FRS) ON THE ADMISSION OF FRS INTO THE EAC

WHEN:        Tuesday, 22^nd August, 2023

WHERE:      Kenya School of Government, Lower Kabete, Nairobi, Kenya

TIME:         8.00 am – 09.30 am (EAT)

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Non-tariff Barriers and national protection impeding intra-EAC trade

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East African Community Secretariat, Arusha, Tanzania, 16^th August, 2023: Non-tariff Barriers (NTBs) and protectionism at the national level have been identified as the key factors impeding the growth of intra-EAC trade.

The East African Community (EAC) Secretary General Hon. (Dr.) Peter Mathuki said that the region was therefore working continuously to eliminate NTBs with 26 NTBs having been resolved out of the 33 that had been reported as of June 2023.

Dr. Mathuki added that seven (7) NTBs remained outstanding but were at different levels of resolution.

“To facilitate free movement of goods, Partner States have effectively eliminated Non-Tariff Barriers (NTBs) as they arise and have cumulatively eliminated a significant number of 184 NTBs with only a few remain outstanding,” said Dr. Mathuki.

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