Ep 131: EU and China coming to an agreement on investment

What’s going on? The EU and China are close to reaching a business investment deal as Brussels (Belgium) seeks to flatten the playing field for European companies operating in the Chinese market. For EU The talks are seen as a core part of EU’s strategy for managing increasingly tense trade relations with China. The pact…

Ep 5: African free trade agreement. Now what?

What’s going on here?Thursday (May 30, 2019) was a notable date in African economic history as the day the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) came into effect. What does that mean?AfCFTA is predicted to: “bring $3.6 billion in welfare gains to the continent through a boost in production and cheaper goods” (UNCTAD) from reducing…