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18 Apr 19 NewsAfCFTA ratification update: Cameroon assures ECA that it will ratify Africa’s Free Trade Area Agreement
“Cameroon will ratify the AfCFTA,” the country’s Prime Minister, Jo...
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17 Apr 19 NewsPosted, by the AU: The decisions, declarations, resolution and motions from the 32nd Ordinary Session of the Assembly of the Union (February, Addis Ababa). Decisions include: ...
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16 Apr 19 NewsAfCFTA update: The Gambia, today, deposited its instruments of ratification for the AfCFTA with the Chairperson of the African Union Commission, becoming the 20th country to do so....
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Sub-Saharan Africa: IMF lays out policies for economic recovery amid elevated uncertainty
15 Apr 19 NewsNavigating Sub-Saharan Africa’s Recovery Amid Greater Uncertainty
Sub-Saharan Africa’s economic recovery is set to continue, but along two tracks. Overall growth is set to pic...
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African Consultative Group Meeting: Statement by the Chairman of the African Caucus and the Managing Director of the IMF
15 Apr 19 NewsMinister Kenneth Ofori-Atta, Chairman of the African Caucus, and Ms. Christine Lagarde, Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), co-chaired the African Consultat...
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11 Apr 19 NewsApplications for UNCTAD’s online course on Trade and Gender for COMESA (pdf) close on 28 April. The course will be held from 20 May to 14 July.
Today, in Cairo: The road to Niam...
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The African Continental Free Trade Area: A tralac guide
11 Apr 19 PublicationsThis booklet provides a handy guide on the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) – the architecture of the Agreement Establishing the AfCFTA, what the Agreement covers, in...
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09 Apr 19 NewsFeatured tweet, @EgyptAbaba: Few minutes ago, I officially deposited Egypt AfCFTA ratification instrument. Egypt is 18th depositor of the free trade area and four more to go to ent...
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08 Apr 19 NewsThe World Bank-IMF 2019 Spring Meetings open today in Washington
UNCTAD’s Ad Hoc Expert Group Meeting on Competition Law and Policy takes place today in Geneva
UNCTAD’s eComm...
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05 Apr 19 Newstralac’s March 2019 newsletter is posted: the newsletter carries a comprehensive report of debates at tralac’s annual conference, convened recently in Nairobi
Diarise: The Afr...
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Fresh push for states to ratify the Tripartite FTA as deadline draws near
05 Apr 19 NewsThe deadline set by the Tripartite Council of Ministers for member States of three regional economic blocs to sign and ratify the tripartite free trade area lapses this month....
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E-commerce holds huge promise for enhancing free trade in Africa
03 Apr 19 NewsIf the transformative power of digitalization is effectively harnessed, it can significantly contribute to prosperity in Africa.
E-commerce can significantly boost free trade acro...
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03 Apr 19 NewsAfCFTA here at last: is Africa ready to embrace it? (Editorial comment, New Times, Kigali)
Global trade growth loses momentum as trade tensions persist (WTO)
Main points. Wo...
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02 Apr 19 NewsFeatured tweet by the AUC’s @AmbMuchanga: Good news! The Parliament of The Gambia has approved ratification of AfCFTA Agreement making us meet the minimum threshold [of 22]. The ...
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29 Mar 19 NewsA suite of AfCFTA updates:
Professor Benedict Oramah, Afreximbank President: 2019 Bullion Lecture, delivered earlier this week in Lagos on Leveraging the AfCFTA to B...
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CoM2019 ends with African governments being urged to embrace digital transformation
27 Mar 19 NewsThe 52nd session of the Economic Commission for Africa Conference of African Ministers of Finance, Planning and Economic Development (COM2019) ended in Marrakech on Tuesday with go...
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25 Mar 19 NewsDiarise: Gender considerations in trade agreements (28 March, Geneva). The workshop is organized by Iceland, Botswana and UNCTAD in cooperation with the WTO. It will explore the ro...
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Workshop on current and emerging trade issues for Kenya – Nairobi, 20 March 2019
20 Mar 19 Events CalendarWhile in Nairobi for the 2019 Annual Conference, tralac and the Export Promotion Council co-hosted a workshop on 20 March 2019 in Nairobi on current and emerging trade issues for K...
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19 Mar 19 NewsA reminder of the call for papers for the TMEA, University of Portsmouth, Centre for International Trade and Investment Law (India) conference: Inclusive and sustainable participat...
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18 Mar 19 NewsUnderway, in Marrakech: Africa Regional Midterm Review Meeting of the Vienna Programme of Action for the Landlocked Developing Countries for the Decade 2014–2024
Starting tomorr...
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