Honourable Lautafi Fio Selafi Joseph Purcell, Minister for Trade Negotiations, chaired the 16th Meeting of the Joint ACP-EU Ministerial Trade Committee Meeting held on 26th October 2018 at the EU’s Borschette Building in Brussels, Belgium.  During the meeting, Samoa’s delegation emphasised the importance of the ACP-EU EPA’s promise to boost

Senior officials from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade visited Samoa House on 25th October 2018. The officials were the Chief Executive Officer of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Ms Peseta Noumea Simi; the Assistant CEO for Trade, Ms Nella Tavita-Levy and the Principal Officer for Trade,

The Minister for Trade Negotiations, Honourable Lautafi Fio Selafi Joseph Purcell, chaired the 21st Meeting of the ACP Ministerial Trade Committee Meeting held on 24th October 2018 at the ACP House in Brussels, Belgium.  The ACP Ministers and representatives discussed the post-Cotonou negotiations in relation to trade cooperation; the state

The European Parliament’s International Trade Committee Meeting met on 11th October 2018 at its Headquarters in Brussels to debate Samoa’s accession to the EU’s interim Economic Partnership Agreement (iEPA) as part of the EU’s internal processes on Samoa’s iEPA accession. Samoa’s Ambassador to the EU, H.E. Fatumanava Dr Paolelei Luteru,

Hon. Faumuina Tiatia Faaolatane Liuga (MP) attended the 51st Session of the ACP Parliamentary Assembly and the Inter-Sessional Meetings of the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly that was held from 9th to 12th October 2018 in Brussels, Belgium. During the Session, parliamentarians and representatives discussed the fight against cybercrime and drug trafficking; SME

The Honourable Prime Minister, Tuilaepa Dr Sailele Malielegaoi, participated in the 2nd ACP Ministerial Central Negotiating Group (CNG) Meeting held on Sunday 23rd of September at the Mauritius Permanent Mission to the UN. The meeting allowed Ministers to receive a progress report on ACP preparations for the upcoming negotiations with

Outgoing Coordinator for the Pacific ACP Group of Ambassadors, H.E. Fatumanava Dr Paolelei Luteru, convened the last meeting of his term on 30th July 2018 at the Samoa Chancery.  In his closing remarks, Ambassador Fatumanava acknowledged the collaborative efforts of the Group that have helped prepare and strengthen the region’s position

The 50th Session of the ACP Parliamentary Assembly was held in Brussels on 15th June 2018. The meeting preceded the 35th Session of the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly from 18th – 20th June 2018 where the main issues discussed included migration, demographic growth, the fight against xenophobia, racism, discrimination and terrorism.

The Deputy Prime Minister, Honourable Fiame Naomi Mata’afa, led the Samoa delegation to the 107th Session of ACP Council of Ministers and the 43rd Meeting of the ACP-EU Council of Ministers, held in Lome, Togo from 27 May to 1 June 2018. The key item on Council’s agenda concerns the

Earlier this week, H.E. Fatumanava III Dr Pa’olelei Luteru met with a private sector exploratory trade mission from Samoa comprising of Ms Felolini Tafunai from Women in Business Development Incorporated, Mr Callum Jones from Fuatino’s Coconut Oil and Ms Fiona Lene, Principal Trade Officer from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs