A SURVEY OF RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN THE EUROPEAN UNION AND THE EAST AFRICAN STATES, 1961–1980

ABSTRACT The Arusha Conventions of 1968 and 1969 between the European Community (now European Union) and the east African states were a milestone in the association arrangements of the Community. This article examines factors and forces that favoured the Arusha arrangements at that particular time. It also examines the arguments advanced by the East African states against association with the European Union before 1968. It analyses the implications of such arrangements for the East African states within the East African Common Market and the East African Community. This paper also gives a background to the resurgence of the new East African Cooperation and the expanding European Union.