Cameroon: Parliament Adopts Bill To Strengthen Economic, Trade Ties With Great Britain

Parliament has adopted a bill to strengthen economic and trade ties between the Cameroon and the Great Britain and Northern Ireland following their exit from the European Union, EU.

The bill was defended by the Minister of the Economy, Planning and Regional Development, MINEPAT, Alamine Ousmane Mey while two others were defended by the Minister Delegate at the Presidency in Charge of Defense, Joseph Beti Assomo, on enhance Military Corporation between Cameroon and Turkey. The three bills were defended in plenary chaired by Deputy Speaker, Hon Emilia Lifaka Friday 26 March 2021.

Minister Alamine before taking to the rostrum to defend the bill had earlier been grilled by members of Committee on Finance to explain chaired by Hon. Rosette Ayayi during which he highlighted the importance of trade ties between both nations especially in the domain of agricultural.

It was in the presence of the Minister Delegate at the Presidency in Charge of Relations with Parliament, Bolvine Wakata and the Minister Delegate to the Minister of External Relations in Charge of the Commonwealth, Felix Mbayu who sat in for the MINREX, Mbella Mbella.

“To extend the measures of the European Union Partnership Agreement with Cameroon to Great Britain which through Brexit has left the EU. It is clearly important because we export one of our commodities to Britain for instance Banana. If we are not in the position to secure this export, we will have to pay more duties and this will have led our country to a position that is not competitive enough,” Alamine explained to the MPs.

“Bearing in mind that we have to maintain our economy running and that this agricultural sector is creating a lot of jobs, it is important for the government to make sure that our bilateral trade, ties and corporations are hitch free in terms of exchanges and in terms of development,” he added.

He said government looks forward to get to the ratification of an economic partnership agreement with Great Britain and Northern Ireland to be able to continue the development of our corporation with this important country.