Tag: AfCFTA
African Trade Ministers adopt legal instruments to establish the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA)
12 Mar 18 NewsThe fifth meeting of African Union Ministers of Trade (AMOT) chaired by the Minister of Trade and Investment of Nigeria, the Honourable Okechukwu Enelamah took place in Kigali on 8...
Agreement establishing the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) concluded by AU Ministers of Trade meeting in Kigali
12 Mar 18 NewsThe Minister of Trade and Industry, Dr. Rob Davies and Deputy Minister Mr. Bulelani Magwanishe have arrived back in South Africa after attending the African Union Ministers of Trad...
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09 Mar 18 NewsECOWAS Commission gets a new President: Ivorian Jean-Claude Brou takes over from Marcel De Souza
African Union Commission, US State Department perspectives on AU-US relations:
Ch...
Road to CFTA: Trade ministers review draft agreement
09 Mar 18 NewsMinisters for Trade and Commerce from across the African continent are convening in Kigali to review the draft African Continental Free Trade Area (CFTA) Agreement ahead of its sig...
ECOWAS Quality Policy Workshop agrees to champion Mutual Recognition Agreements to facilitate trade and industrialization
09 Mar 18 NewsThe African Trade Policy Centre (ATPC) of the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) in partnership with the African Organization for Standardization (ARSO) organized ...
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08 Mar 18 NewsToday’s tralac daily news selection marks International Women’s Day 2018: enjoy our compilation of commentaries, data sources, event pointers
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Namibia’s Mrs Sabine Bö...
A gender responsive AfCFTA
08 Mar 18 BlogThe African Union’s agenda 2063 includes bold aspirations and targets for gender parity. It states:
Africa of 2063 will have full gender parity… the economic and political gla...
2017 Nigerian Annual Trade Policy Report
05 Mar 18 NewsThe maiden Nigerian Annual Trade Policy Report has been published by the Nigerian Office for Trade Negotiations (NOTN).
This report is one of several steps to implement the firm d...
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01 Mar 18 NewsPIDA Week 2017 (held on 10-14 December 2017, Swakopmund): outcomes
Extract from the conference proceedings: Good practice for PIDA Corridor Implementation (pdf). Several recommen...
The African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) and other African Union (AU) initiatives for economic integration
01 Mar 18 BlogThe AfCFTA is part of the broader economic integration and development agenda which has been Africa’s aspiration since independence and led to the formation of the Organisation o...
Egypt’s Trade, Industry Minister meets Nigerian counterpart to discuss further cooperation
01 Mar 18 NewsNigeria seeks to strengthen cooperation with Egypt in industry, energy and capacity building
Minister of Trade and Industry Tarek Kabil met on 28 February 2018 with Aisha Abubakar...
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28 Feb 18 NewsThe Trade Development Forum began this morning in Kampala: twitter updates @TradeMarkEastA; hashtag #TDF2018
Call for abstracts: Corruption and the challenge of economic transform...
Nigeria launches 2017 Annual Trade Policy Report: Key messages and highlights
28 Feb 18 NewsLaunch statement by Dr. Okechukwu E. Enelamah, Honourable Minister for Industry, Trade and Investment
Good afternoon and thank you all for coming to the launch of this First Editi...
CFTA, migration & illicit financial flows discussed in Songwe’s meeting with African Ambassadors
28 Feb 18 NewsEconomic Commission for Africa’s Executive Secretary, Vera Songwe, on Tuesday met with African Ambassadors in Ethiopia for their 19th quarterly briefing which touched on a number...
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27 Feb 18 NewsFeatured trade policy process: Towards an EAC Regional Ports Development Strategy – MEFMI posts an EOI
Ghanaian stakeholders agree on committee to address concerns on Africa’s...
Ghanaian stakeholders agree on Ad hoc Committee to address concerns on Africa’s Continental Free Trade Area
27 Feb 18 NewsVarious stakeholders in Ghana have raised concerns with the quality of the processes, the content and the speed of negotiations of proposed Africa’s Continental Free Trade Area (...
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26 Feb 18 NewsThe concept note and draft programme for tralac’s 2018 Annual Conference are available to download: The African Continental Free Trade Area – opportunity for Africa
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tralac Annual Conference 2018
23 Feb 18 EventThe African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) – Opportunity for Africa
tralac held its 2018 Annual Conference from 22 to 23 March in Kigali, Rwanda. The Conference was held f...
The African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
23 Feb 18 BlogIn September 2015, the 17 SDGs of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development were adopted by world leaders. The overarching rationale for the SDGs is to eradicate poverty, protect...
Are Trade Remedies important for achieving the AfCFTA Goals?
23 Feb 18 BlogTrade remedies (TR) are trade policy tools used by governments to take remedial action against imports which cause injury to domestic industries. TR consist of anti-dumping (AD), c...