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Welcome to Seatini - Kenya

WHO WE ARE

Southern and Eastern African Trade Information and Negotiations Institute (SEATINI), Kenya, is a non-governmental organization registered in Kenya under the NGO Coordination Act, 1990. With a head office in Harare, Zimbabwe, SEATINI has four national programs based in Harare, Johannesburg, Kampala and Nairobi with an international office in Geneva. SEATINI was established in 1997 and has established a track record in capacity building for trade negotiators from Africa, development of positions on trade, investment, global financial flows, development financing and Africa’s regional integration, and working with civil society organizations and legislators to highlight the possible consequences of global economic policies on African economies.

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Since 2002 the European Union (EU) and countries of the Africa, the Caribbean and the Pacific Group (ACP) have been negotiating Economic Partnership Agreements (EPAs) as part of the Cotonou Agreement. EPAs aim to establish "new WTO compatible trading arrangements removing progressively barriers of trade between EU and ACP countries" which would build on "the regional integration initiatives of ACP states" and promote "sustainable development and contribute to poverty eradication in the ACP countries ". EPAs as they are currently being set up and negotiated are essentially Free Trade Agreements.

Newsflash

Edited by Patrick Burnett and Firoze Manji

...the first attempt in recent years to examine African views of China.
London Review of Books

Can trade in the era of globalisation be ‘fair’ or ‘just’?Drawing on lessons from the slave trade and studies of the international finance institutions, these essays provide insights into how free trade policies have a profoundly negative impact on the rights of communities, environmental sustainability and the development of democracy in Africa.The contributors include Charles Abugre, Tope Akinwande, Soren Ambrose, Nnimmo Bassey, Patrick Bond, Jennifer Chiriga, Cheikh Tidiane Dièye, M.P. Giyose, Manu Herbstein, Mouhamadou Tidiane Kasse, Salma Maoulidi, Stephen Marks, Mariam Mayet, Henning Melber, Winnie Mitullah, Patrick Ochieng, Oduor Ong’wen, Robtel Neajai Pailey, Liepollo Lebohang Pheko and Jagjit Plahe.Patrick Burnett, from South Africa, has a background in journalism. He is a contributing editor of Pambazuka News, and runs Fahamu’s Cape Town office.