Tag: AGOA
COVID-19: Africa and the United States to remain key partners, says President Kagame
26 Jun 20 NewsOn Tuesday, June 23, 2020, Corporate Council on Africa (CCA) launched its inaugural Leaders Forum – a high level virtual forum to bring together Heads of State, senior USG and Af...
Proposed Kenya-United States FTA Agreement: Negotiation Principles, Objectives and Scope
25 Jun 20 NewsKenya and the United States, in February 2020, jointly announced their intent to initiate negotiations on a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) between themselves.
Towards this end, the Mi...
The United States-Kenya Free Trade Area (FTA): insights into the bilateral trade relationship and early progress on setting terms for an FTA
17 Jun 20 PublicationsOn 6 February 2020, US President Donald Trump announced the United States’ intention to initiate negotiations with Kenya on a bilateral Free Trade Area (FTA). This followed a mee...
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04 Jun 20 NewsRosa Whitaker, Stephen Lande: US trade is key to driving Africa’s post-coronavirus recovery (US News)
AGOA expires in 2025. Ideally it would be superseded by a US-Africa free tr...
Summary of Specific Negotiating Objectives for the initiation of United States-Kenya trade agreement negotiations
29 May 20 NewsIntroduction
On March 17, 2020, the Trump Administration notified Congress that the President intends to negotiate a trade agreement with the Republic of Kenya, in accordance with...
South Africa’s redesignation as a ‘developed country’ in United States trade remedies legislation and investigations: possible impacts and consequences
18 May 20 PublicationsIn recent weeks and months, numerous media headlines and associated articles have focused on the United States-South Africa trade relationship, some going as far as proclaiming tha...
South Africa’s new status as a ‘developed country’ for purposes of United States’ subsidies and countervailing duty investigations
04 May 20 BlogEarlier this year, on 10 February 2020, the United States announced changes to the way in which it would conduct aspects of its trade remedy investigations, including that South Af...
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19 Mar 20 NewsThe AfCFTA and the US-Kenya Free Trade Agreement challenge: getting beyond divide-and-rule (Wilson Center’s African Program)
Hardly had South African President Cyril Ramaphosa s...
Trump Administration notifies Congress of intent to negotiate trade agreement with Kenya
18 Mar 20 NewsAt the direction of President Donald J. Trump, United States Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer today (17 March) notified Congress that the Trump Administration will negotiate ...
South Africa under GSP country review: what implications for preferential exports to the United States?
18 Jan 20 PublicationsOn 25 March 2019, the United States Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) issued a notice through the Federal Register on its annual Generalized System of Prefere...
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21 Nov 19 NewsThe 21st Ordinary Meeting of the Summit of the EAC Heads of State, scheduled for 30 November, has been postponed.
EAC Secretary General, Ambassador Liberat Mfumukeko said o...
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01 Nov 19 NewsNext week in Durban: Afreximbank’s Trade Finance Seminar (4-7 November), to be followed by a one day Factoring workshop. The programme can be accessed here.
AfDB shareholders ap...
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25 Sep 19 NewsTributes continue to pour in following the death of Nigeria's chief trade negotiator and one of the AfCFTA's architects, Ambassador Chiedu Osakwe. A selection:
(i) Dav...
AGOA Forum 2019: Reflections and new developments
12 Sep 19 BlogThe 2019 AGOA Forum took place early August in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire, under the banner of “AGOA and the Future: Developing a new trade paradigm to guide US-Africa trade and i...
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21 Aug 19 News2019 Indonesia-Africa Infrastructure Dialogue: updates
Inka aims to secure Rp 7 trillion worth of order contracts from African, Asian countries. State-owned train manufacturin...
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08 Aug 19 NewsThe 39th Ordinary Summit of the Heads of State and Government of SADC, and preceding meetings, starts tomorrow in Dar es Salaam, ending on 18 August
Funding the AfCFTA Secretariat...
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07 Aug 19 NewsFeatured tweet, @Yadeyemi: The AU is developing a continental trade facilitation strategy with a concrete implementation plan involving ICT, logistics, SMEs, NTBs, etc, the AU told...
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05 Aug 19 NewsThe Ministerial Session of the 2019 AGOA Forum began to today in Abidjan: selected updates
The theme of this year’s Forum is AGOA and the Future: Developing a new trade para...
Trade Facilitation: towards a practical agenda for southern Africa – Cape Town, 25 July 2019
05 Aug 19 EventOn 25 July, tralac and USAID hosted a workshop on trade facilitation in southern Africa. Participants were from civil society, government and the private sector.
Discussions were ...
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02 Aug 19 NewsDiarise:
tralac’s Certificate Course on International Trade Law and Policy for Africa’s Development (starting 23 September): Applications close on 9 August
East Afric...