The stalemate of the multilateral trade system in addressing key trade and trade related issues over the years have … mounted pressure on World Trade Organisation (WTO) member states to search for alternative solutions. This pressure has … directed countries’ attention and efforts towards bilateral and regional trade arrangements as an immediate intervention to …

Customs Union principle of asymmetry on Uganda with regard to trade, welfare and revenue effects since 2005. The end to the … phased tariff reduction on category B products (these products were treated as sensitive products in 2005) increased trade … the general trade tax revenue; hence the need to strengthen domestic ability to mobilise revenue or seek alternative …

The East African Customs Union was established in 2005 with the aim of increasing intraregional trade. The Customs … Union protocol commits member states to eliminate non-tariff barriers (NTBs) to intraregional trade. However, several NTBs … are still applied by member states. This study identifies the existing NTBs on maize and beef trade and quantifies their …