Tag: AfCFTA

African countries individually represent relatively small markets, but collectively, they represent enormous market potential, the United Nations deputy chief told an Africa Week e...

African countries, under the auspices of the African Union, are negotiating the Continental Free Trade Area (CFTA) which is expected to be launched in December 2017. The CFTA is ex...

The fifth Trade Policy Review of Nigeria was held on 13 and 15 June 2017. The Review offered a very useful opportunity for WTO Members to deepen their understanding of the trade po...

CFTA negotiations: chief negotiators conclude 7th round of negotiations (AU) The negotiators (2-7 October) made substantial progress towards the conclusion of CFTA negotiations an...

The 7th Meeting of the CFTA Negotiating Forum took place from 2nd – 7th October 2017 at the African Union (AU) Headquarters, in Addis Ababa. The meeting brought together Chief Ne...

The Continental Free Trade Area (CFTA): Exploring Possibilities for Business Engagement Across Africa The 2017 Africa Prosperity Conference report and list of recommendations was ...

Africa and the 11th WTO Ministerial Conference: four updates (i) Yesterday in Marrakech: Ministerial meeting of the KENSA Group (trade ministers from Kenya, Egypt, Nigeria, South ...

This week, in Abuja: Seventh meeting of the CFTA Negotiating Forum The objective of the meeting is to consider the draft texts of the CFTA Agreement and its Annexes and Appendices...

The African Union Commission is organizing the Seventh Meeting of the Continental Free Trade Area (CFTA) Negotiating Forum (CFTA-NF) from 02-07 October 2017 in Ethiopia. The Objec...

UNCTAD’s first Non-Tariff Measures Week concludes today in Geneva: an overview; an interview with Dr Manish Pande (Director of Quality Council of India) The WTO Public Foru...

The African Union (AU) Boosting Intra-African Trade (BIAT) Trade Information and Trade Finance Workshop was held at the Julius Nyerere International Convention Centre in Dar es Sal...

‘Africa needs the CFTA to prosper economically’ President of the Ghana National Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Nana Dr. Appiagyei Dankawoso I, has stated that Africa needs ...

The African Union Commission in collaboration with the Mauritius Revenue Authority organized the 3rd African Union Customs Experts’ Trade Facilitation Forum from 20-22 September ...

At the backdrop of the 72nd United Nations General Assembly, on 21st September 2017 in the Conference Room of the African Union Permanent Mission in New York (USA), Ministers of Tr...

In this week’s tralac’s e-Newsletter: Talkmore Chidede discusses a recent suit filed by Zimbabwe invoking the SADC Finance and Investment Protocol Yesterday’s African Union ...

The USAID East Africa Trade and Investment Hub supported a “Boosting Intra-African Trade Workshop,” in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania on 13th-15th September, 2017 to strengthen k...

While much of Africa has achieved impressive economic growth, United Nations officials on Thursday, 21 September 2017 encouraged countries on the continent to take further action t...

Third African Union Customs Expert Trade Facilitation Forum: Day 1 update WTO upgrades forecast for 2017 as trade rebounds strongly (WTO) The estimate for growth in world merchan...

How can African negotiators and policymakers ensure that the CFTA will be successful? With the imminent release of the latest edition in the Assessing Regional Integration in Afric...

African statements to UNGA’s debate: updated resource page Starting today, in Mauritius: 3rd AU Customs Expert Trade Facilitation Forum. The Forum will develop a set of recommen...