Tunisia could soon become the latest African country to be drawn deeper into a growing Eurasian trade network as the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) prepares to approve talks on a new free trade agreement with the North African nation.
The proposed negotiations, expected to receive backing at this week’s Supreme Eurasian Council meeting, signal the bloc’s accelerating push into Africa as global trade alliances rapidly shift.
“In regard to the international agenda, decisions are expected on starting talks with Tunisia about signing a free trade agreement,” Russian presidential aide Yury Ushakov said on Tuesday, May 27.
The move places Tunisia at the centre of a widening geopolitical and economic contest for influence across Africa, Europe, and the Mediterranean region.
Strategically located between the Mediterranean Sea and the Sahara Desert, Tunisia has increasingly become attractive to foreign trade partners seeking access to both European and Sub-Saharan African markets.
