Europe’s current troubles with the Euro should not detract from its success in liberating intra-regional trade: this is a model worth Africa emulating. The issue is timely since the African Union has a summit on trade and regional integration later this month. Regional integration is the ideal topic for the European Commission in its relations with Africa. Yet paradoxically, in recent years it has been urging the opposite: trying to pressure African governments into individual trade deals that would fracture Africa’s regional trade groups. Fortunately the Commission now has an opportunity to get back to a more appropriate... read full article >>