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Mike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy
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Argh! @BBCr4today talking crap about why we have “huge tariffs” on “African countries” & whether we can lower tariffs.

This is ignorant. 33 African countries have ZERO tariffs to EU - coz they fall under “Everything But Arms” agreement.

#BBClaziness

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Everythin…
Also, on top of this the EU has various deals with African regions in development, aimed at helping Africa integrate into global trading system (EU is Africa’s biggest trading partner)

Here’s the West Africa deal- incl Nigeria where May’s been visiting:

ec.europa.eu/trade/policy/c…
The EU has *huge* interest in the economic development & stability of Africa... especially given the proximity and immigration issues.

With these trade deals, I understand EU even planning to invest to help African producers meet EU quality levels to help boost exports to EU.
Can you help out?

Can you listen to the programme for yourself to verify- and then complain to BBC.

If they wish to talk on “African countries” & tariffs, it’s disingenuous not to mention the zero tariffs of EBA -which applies to most African countries

bbc.co.uk/bbctrust/conta…
A tip - if you want to call them up and leave a complaint (I just have), then you’ll have one minute to record your message. So why not scribble it down first to read out — in order to make sure it’s logically well-constructed, factual, pithy, calm, complete -and less than 1 min!
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