Tag: AfCFTA
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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18 Jul 18 NewsUnderway, in Addis: IFF Working Group meeting. Operating as the technical arm of the Consortium to Stem Illicit Financial Flows from Africa, the meeting brought together 17 African...
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...
Boosting Intra-African Trade: Implications of the African Continental Free Trade Area Agreement – African Trade Report 2018
12 Jul 18 NewsThe 2018 edition of the African Export-Import Bank’s annual flagship report – the African Trade Report – titled “Boosting Intra-African Trade: Implications of the African C...
Cautious Nigeria agrees to sign African continental free-trade agreement
12 Jul 18 NewsNigeria would soon sign up to an African continental free-trade agreement, President Muhammadu Buhari said. Buhari made the comment on Wednesday at a media conference during a...
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10 Jul 18 NewsCOMESA Summit update: The 38th Inter-governmental Committee began on Monday in Lusaka. The committee will review reports on the implementation of regional integration programmes an...
The Continental Free Trade Agreement: Is no deal the right deal for Nigeria?
10 Jul 18 NewsShould Nigeria have signed the AfCFTA? Yes, if in the present form they are consistent with a clear and robust long term trade strategy! But shouldn’t they already be if we were ...
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05 Jul 18 NewsPromoting the AU Reform Agenda: An Extra-ordinary AU Summit has been called for 17-18 November
Released, today in Abuja: Independent analysis of the potential benefits of the AfCF...
Independent study on the potential benefits of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) on Nigeria: Study report
05 Jul 18 NewsThis report documents the results and findings from an independent study to assess the potential benefits of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) agreement on Nigeria.&...
Consultative workshop on market access concessions on trade in goods for CEN-SAD, ECCAS, ECOWAS and UMA Member States
05 Jul 18 NewsTrade is crucial for economic growth and food security and Africa has huge potential for trade both in global and intra-regional terms, for example, as a result of its natural reso...
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 ...
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04 Jul 18 NewsTalks between Kenya and Tanzania to resolve the non-tariff barriers affecting bilateral trade entered their second day today. For updates: @Trade_Kenya
Concluding today, in Lagos:...
The AfCFTA: Overview and implications
04 Jul 18 PublicationsThe AfCFTA is an ambitious project. Although it is called the Continental Free Trade Area, it is more than a trade in goods agreement. It will also cover trade in services, facilit...
Nigeria: State of play on the AfCFTA sensitization and consultation exercise
04 Jul 18 NewsAs directed by President Muhammadu Buhari, the Nigerian Office for Trade Negotiations (NOTN) conducted a nationwide, sectoral and industry-wide consultation and sensitization exerc...
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03 Jul 18 NewsUpdated: tralac’s AfCFTA Ratification Barometer
UNU-WIDER has posted an early view of the forthcoming book Industries without Smoke-stacks: Industrialization in Africa reconside...
SA signs African Continental Free Trade Area agreement
03 Jul 18 NewsSouth Africa has signed the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) agreement with the African Union, which will pave the way for the country to benefit from inter-regional tr...
African Heads of State and Government hold their 31st AU Summit Meeting in Mauritania
02 Jul 18 NewsThe supreme organ of the African Union, the Assembly, which comprises Heads of State and Government of all the 55 African countries, began its 31st ordinary session on 1 July 2018 ...
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29 Jun 18 NewsA reminder that the SACU Heads of State Summit took place today in Gaborone. SA’s President Ramaphosa will be accompanied by the Minister of Trade and Industry, Dr Rob Davies, an...
Australia’s trade and investment relationships with the countries of Africa: Inquiry report
29 Jun 18 NewsOn 13 June 2016, the Senate referred the following matter to the Senate Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade References Committee for inquiry and report by 14 February 2018: Australi...