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Europe in the World Seminar

A Dialogue of the Deaf? Rekindling the Partnership Between the European Union and the African Union


May 1, 2023
2:00pm - 3:15pm
Hoffmann Room, Adolphus Busch Hall
May 1, 2023
2:00pm - 3:15pm
Hoffmann Room, Adolphus Busch Hall

The European Union (EU) and the African Union (AU) have repeatedly expressed intentions to rekindle their partnership, yet their engagements are often characterized as a 'dialogue of the deaf'. In this seminar, Maurizio Carbone will discuss several controversial initiatives in the areas of trade and investment, notably the African Continental Free Trade Area and the EU’s Global Gateway Africa, and expose various clashes over human rights and migration. Carbone will argue that to better understand the evolution of EU-AU relations it is necessary to decenter the EU’s external action and recenter the AU’s international agency.

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