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Grand free trade area to meet Jan 2011
2010-09-08     Mchulu, Aubrey (Nation Online, Malawi)  
Resources | By Topic | REGIONAL TRADE ARRANGEMENTS | COMESA

China to push forward WTO talks
2010-09-08     Guanqun, Wang (Xinhua, Xiamen)  
Resources | By Topic | REGIONAL TRADE ARRANGEMENTS | WTO

Namibia set to push exports
2010-09-08     Martindale, Nick (SupplyManagement.com, London)  
Resources | By Topic | REGIONAL TRADE ARRANGEMENTS | SACU

SA a top 20 priority global investment destination – Unctad survey
2010-09-07     Creamer, Terence (Engineering News Online, Johannesburg)  
Resources | By Topic | OTHER TRADE TOPICS | Investment

Lamy calls on G20 leaders to ‘give more’ on trade deal
2010-09-07     Olsen, Kelly (Business Report, Cape Town)  
Resources | By Topic | REGIONAL TRADE ARRANGEMENTS | WTO

African fisheries must deal with threats, opportunities
2010-09-07     Sasman, Catherine (New Era, Windhoek)  
Resources | By Topic | GOODS

Kenya goods lose edge in rush for single trade bloc
2010-09-06     Omondi, George (Business Daily, Nairobi)  
Resources | By Topic | GOODS | Technical Barriers to Trade

ECOWAS lawmakers caution on EU trade pact
2010-09-06     Udo, Bassey (234NEXT.com, Timbuktu)  
Resources | By Topic | REGIONAL TRADE ARRANGEMENTS | EPA

Kenya asked to lead the way in counterfeits war
2010-09-06     Odhiambo, Allan (Business Daily, Nairobi)  
Resources | By Topic | REGIONAL TRADE ARRANGEMENTS | EAC

SA close to joining BRIC group
2010-09-03     BuaNews, Pretoria  
Resources | By Topic | OTHER TRADE TOPICS | Trade and Development

Lamy unsure on Doha endgame
2010-09-03     Mokgoabone, Kabo (Sunday Standard Online Edition, Gaborone)  
Resources | By Topic | REGIONAL TRADE ARRANGEMENTS | WTO

Lamy applauds Botswana’s membership to WTO
2010-09-03     Sunday Standard Online Edition, Gaborone  
Resources | By Topic | OTHER TRADE TOPICS | Trade and Development

Broaden COMESA Free Trade Area – Mugabe
2010-09-02     Makhurane, Tumeliso (The Herald, Harare)  
Resources | By Topic | REGIONAL TRADE ARRANGEMENTS | COMESA

Trade value still up by about 25% in the first half of 2010 [Press release]
2010-09-02     World Trade Organisation, Geneva  
Resources | By Topic | REGIONAL TRADE ARRANGEMENTS | WTO

Canada, South Africa, India in preliminary trade talks with Mercosur
2010-09-02     MercoPress  
Resources | By Topic | REGIONAL TRADE ARRANGEMENTS | SACU - Mercosur

Finalisation of India-SACU Preferential Trade Agreement soon [Press release]
2010-09-01     Press Information Bureau  
Resources | By Topic | REGIONAL TRADE ARRANGEMENTS | SACU - India

EAC states rush to beat market laws deadline
2010-09-01     Odhiambo, Allan (Business Daily, Nairobi)  
Resources | By Topic | REGIONAL TRADE ARRANGEMENTS | EAC

Global stimulus withdrawal premature
2010-09-01     I-Net Bridge (Business Report, Cape Town)  
Resources | By Topic | OTHER TRADE TOPICS | Trade and Development

Trade and natural resources
2010-08-31        Sean Woolfrey
Resources | By Topic | OTHER TRADE TOPICS | Environment

Trade ‘centre of gravity’ shifts
2010-08-31     Langeni, Loyiso (Business Day, Johannesburg)  
Resources | By Topic | REGIONAL TRADE ARRANGEMENTS | SACU - India

Private sector urged to actively participate in Grand FTA
2010-08-31     Njoroge, Evelyne (Capital FM, Ezulwini)  
Resources | By Topic | REGIONAL TRADE ARRANGEMENTS | COMESA

‘EAC needs to emulate the European Union’
2010-08-31     Muwanga, David (East African business Week, Kampala)  
Resources | By Topic | REGIONAL TRADE ARRANGEMENTS | EAC

SA settles outstanding Customs Union payments
2010-08-30     Kaira, Chamwe and Bell, Gordon (Bloomberg, Johannesburg)  
Resources | By Topic | REGIONAL TRADE ARRANGEMENTS | SACU

East Africa to discuss illicit trade
2010-08-30     Nakaweesi, Dorothy (Daily Monitor, Kampala)  
Resources | By Topic | REGIONAL TRADE ARRANGEMENTS | EAC

COMESA to create fund to support smaller African carbon trade projects
2010-08-30     van der Westhuizen, Lauren (Bloomberg)  
Resources | By Topic | OTHER TRADE TOPICS | Environment

SA-China pattern of trade needs changing
2010-08-27     I-Net Bridge (Business Report, Cape Town)  
Resources | By Topic | OTHER TRADE TOPICS | Trade and Development

COMESA will drive global economy
2010-08-27     Dlamini, Welcome (Times of Swaziland, Ezulwini)  
Resources | By Topic | REGIONAL TRADE ARRANGEMENTS | COMESA

Political will vital for farmers to benefit from EAC Common Market
2010-08-27     Kamndaya, Samuel (The Citizen, Dar es Salaam)  
Resources | By Topic | GOODS | Agriculture

EAC competition law will increase cross-border trade
2010-08-26     Bonge, Godwin Muhwezi (Business Daily, Nairobi)  
Resources | By Topic | OTHER TRADE TOPICS | Competition

SA wants to join so-called BRIC nations
2010-08-26     Sapa-AFP (Business Report, Cape Town)  
Resources | By Topic | OTHER TRADE TOPICS | Trade and Development

Fair trade is growing but Africans lag behind
2010-08-26     Avril, Hilaire (Inter Press Service, Paris)  
Resources | By Topic | OTHER TRADE TOPICS

The need for tariff rationalisation and common criteria for determining sensitive products within the proposed tripartite COMESA-EAC-SADC FTA
2010-08-25        Taku Fundira
Resources | By Topic | GOODS | Tariffs

African economic blocs set rules for free trade areas
2010-08-25     Odhiambo, Allan (Business Daily, Nairobi)  
Resources | By Topic | REGIONAL TRADE ARRANGEMENTS | COMESA

India takes steps to re-energise Doha round
2010-08-25     The Economic Times, New Delhi  
Resources | By Topic | REGIONAL TRADE ARRANGEMENTS | WTO

COMESA carbon trade plan backed
2010-08-25     Mutarubukwa, Al-amani (The Citizen, Dar es Salaam)  
Resources | By Topic | OTHER TRADE TOPICS | Environment

CALL FOR PAPERS: Monitoring Regional Integration in Southern Africa Yearbook 2010
2010-08-24       
Resources | By Topic | OTHER TRADE TOPICS | Regionalism

Final Communiqué of the SADC Jubilee Summit, 16-17 Augustus 2010
2010-08-24     South African Department of International Relations and Cooperation  
Resources | By Topic | REGIONAL TRADE ARRANGEMENTS | SADC

South Africa looks to boost investment from China
2010-08-24     Buckley, Chris (Reuters, Beijing)  
Resources | By Topic | OTHER TRADE TOPICS | Investment

SA needs environment for investment
2010-08-24     BuaNews Online, Pretoria  
Resources | By Topic | OTHER TRADE TOPICS | Investment

Africa offers huge trade potential for Viet Nam
2010-08-24     Viet Nam News, HCM City  
Resources | By Topic | OTHER TRADE TOPICS

BLS countries to sign anti-double taxation agreement
2010-08-23     Mmegi Online, Gaborone  
Resources | By Topic | OTHER TRADE TOPICS | Trade Facilitation

SA sugar producers seek interim EU trade pact
2010-08-23     Kumwenda, Olivia (Reuters, Durban)  
Resources | By Topic | GOODS | Agriculture

Nairobi to host talks on Africa-China trade relations
2010-08-23     The Standard Online Edition, Nairobi  
Resources | By Topic | OTHER TRADE TOPICS

EPA the biggest threat to African integration
2010-08-20     Masawi, Tirivangani (Informanté)  
Resources | By Topic | REGIONAL TRADE ARRANGEMENTS | EPA

Snail pace for SADC financial integration
2010-08-20     Maramwidze, Andrew (Botswana Business Diary)  
Resources | By Topic | REGIONAL TRADE ARRANGEMENTS | SADC

Zuma talks trade in China next week
2010-08-20     SAPA (Business Day, Johannesburg)  
Resources | By Topic | OTHER TRADE TOPICS

SADC fails to meet deadline
2010-08-19     Botswana Press Agency, Gaborone (Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation)  
Resources | By Topic | REGIONAL TRADE ARRANGEMENTS | SADC

Openness can unlock stalemate in Doha talks
2010-08-19     Odhiambo, Allan (Business Daily, Nairobi)  
Resources | By Topic | REGIONAL TRADE ARRANGEMENTS | WTO

‘Borderless Southern Africa is a pie in the sky’
2010-08-19     van den Bosch, Servaas (Inter Press Service, Windhoek)  
Resources | By Topic | REGIONAL TRADE ARRANGEMENTS | SADC

Implementation of SADC Protocols
2010-08-18        JB Cronje
Resources | By Topic | REGIONAL TRADE ARRANGEMENTS | SADC