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EU will have to wait for East Africa regional bloc trade pact

File photo of Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta (L) shakes hands with Tanzanian President John Magufuli (C) as Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni looks on during the Summit of the East African Community summit in Entebbe in February, 2018. © - AFP/stringer

African leaders are meeting in Brussels on Thursday with European leaders for a two-day summit that will inevitably discuss growth and trade. However, signing the long-awaited economic partnership agreement with the East African Community (EAC) regional bloc remains off the agenda, according to the Tanzanian Ministry of Investment, Industry and Trade.

Tanzania, one of the six members of the EAC, has long been the stumbling block of the trade agreement.

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