Tag: AGOA
Supporting Lesotho’s economic diversification and trade integration: Structural transformation through greater export competitiveness
10 Aug 18 NewsThis report provides a multifaceted diagnostic overview of Lesotho’s export competitiveness, including an assessment of medium-term impacts of potential trade policy changes, bas...
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06 Aug 18 NewsThe 5th COMESA Annual Research Forum is underway in Nairobi: download the programme (pdf)
The annual meetings of the African Caucus for the World Bank and the International Moneta...
Trade under Africa bloc will create ‘respect’
06 Aug 18 NewsThe East African Community should channel its resources to the implementation of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) as an alternative to pacts with Europe, Asia and t...
Rwanda AGOA exit signals era of reciprocal trading
06 Aug 18 NewsLast week, the Trump administration announced the withdrawal of benefits for Rwanda to export apparel duty-free to the US under the African Growth and Opportunity Act (Agoa). This ...
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01 Aug 18 NewsStarting today, in Addis Ababa: AfCFTA negotiations on Rules of Origin (1-11 August)
Diarise: 38th Ordinary Summit of the Heads of State and Government of SADC (17-18 August, Wind...
AGOA Forum 2018 outcomes: where to for a future bilateral trade relationship between the United States and Africa?
31 Jul 18 BlogEarlier in July 2018 the annual United States – Sub-Saharan Africa Trade and Economic Cooperation Forum (“AGOA Forum”) drew to a conclusion in Washington, D.C. This annual ev...
US, African officials prepare for post-AGOA trade future
20 Jul 18 NewsAfrican and US officials, private sector representatives, and members of civil society organisations gathered last week in Washington for the 17th African Growth and Opportunity Ac...
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16 Jul 18 NewsFeatured tweet, @WTOAccessions: Did you know that 9 of the 22 countries in the queue for WTO membership are from the African continent? Download: Latest WTO Accessions Newsletter, ...
Davies: Steel and aluminium exports to US no threat to national security
16 Jul 18 NewsSouth Africa’s steel and aluminium exports to the United States does not pose any threat to US national security, says Trade and Industry Minister Rob Davies.
Davies was speakin...
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13 Jul 18 NewsThe Ministerial session of the Sectoral Council of Ministers Responsible for EAC Affairs and Planning takes place tomorrow in Burundi.
African Business interview with Prof Carlos ...
AGOA remains critical in developing regional value chains in Africa
13 Jul 18 NewsThe Minister of Trade and Industry, Dr Rob Davies participated in the opening day of the 17th Africa Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) Forum being held in Washington DC from 11-12 ...
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12 Jul 18 NewsA Tripartite Consultative Workshop starts tomorrow in Arusha, ending on 17 July.
China’s trade policy review started yesterday at the WTO: the reports submitted by the WTO secre...
2018 AGOA Forum opens in Washington, DC: Statements by USTR Robert Lighthizer
12 Jul 18 News“I can assure you that this Administration is strongly committed to Africa. We want to deepen our trade ties so that workers and businesses throughout the United States and acros...
tralac’s Daily News Selection: AGOA Forum
09 Jul 18 NewsThe 17th annual US - Sub-Saharan Africa Trade and Economic Cooperation Forum (commonly known as the AGOA Forum) takes place this week in Washington on the theme: Forging new strate...
2018 AGOA Forum: Resource box
09 Jul 18 NewsForging New Strategies for US-Africa Trade and Investment
The 17th United States-Sub-Saharan Africa AGOA Forum took place in Washington, D.C. from 9-12 July 2018. The annual ...
Fourth Industrial Revolution a step closer
04 Jul 18 NewsIndustry Ministers from BRICS countries on Wednesday, 4 July, 2018 signed a Declaration on the implementation of the Digital Industrial Revolution (DIR).
The Ministers met at the ...
Trump Administration looks toward the future U.S.-African trade and investment relationship
02 Jul 18 NewsTrade in goods between the United States and sub-Saharan Africa increased nearly six percent to $39 billion between 2015 and 2017, according to a report delivered to Congress on 29...
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19 Jun 18 NewsAfrican trade and regional integration event listings:
(i) Underway, in Nairobi: AU experts meeting on the Services Sector Development Programme. The UNECA’s Jamie Macleod: “K...
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18 Jun 18 NewsProfiled African trade and regional integration events:
(I) The 24th ARSO General Assembly starts today in Durban on the theme: One Africa One Market – the role of standard...
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15 Jun 18 NewsAfCFTA Ratification Barometer: Number 4 - Niger; Number 5 - Mali; Number 6 - Swaziland
AfCFTA agreement too narrow and hasty: Yao Graham (Graphic)
The co-ordinator of the Third W...