GHANA–EU INTERIM ECONOMIC PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT (iEPA)Interim Economic Partnership Agreement • July 2nd, 2021
Under the Cotonou Agreement, which governed trade between the EU and the African Caribbean and Pacific States (ACP), including Ghana, the EU and ACP agreed to conclude new trading arrangements compatible with the WTO provisions, which would be called Economic Partnership Agreements (EPAs). The EPAs were to be negotiated with a number of regional blocs among the ACP countries during a five-year preparatory period starting from September 2002 and concluding on December 31, 2007. The negotiations involving West Africa were launched in Cotonou on 6 October 2003.
Interim Economic Partnership Agreement between Ghana and the European UnionInterim Economic Partnership Agreement • February 16th, 2017
In August 2016, Ghana ratified the interim Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) with the European Union (EU). The agreement was subsequently approved by the European Parliament in December 2016 and is in place since then. The interim EPA is a trade and development agreement which secures Ghana's free access to Europe's market for Ghanaian goods, with a view to sustain Ghana's economic growth through trade, investment and employment. The interim EPA also establishes an institutional partnership between Ghana and the EU on trade matters.
INTERIM ECONOMIC PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT BETWEEN THEInterim Economic Partnership Agreement • November 27th, 2007
We the Chief Negotiators of the EU-SADC Economic Partnership Agreement hereby agree that we shall exchange final single tariff schedules with applied duties (including their phasing-out) by end of January 2008 at the latest, reflecting the agreed tariff concessions covered in the annexes of this text.
