Tag: COMESA - tralac trade law centre

Uganda: Intra-Africa trade and tariff profile

25 Jul 19 Resource

Intra-Africa trade profile for 2018 In 2018, Uganda exported and imported goods to the value of US$1.6 billion and US$1.4 billion, respectively to and from the rest of Africa. Int...

Zambia: Intra-Africa trade and tariff profile

23 Jul 19 Resource

Intra-Africa trade profile for 2018 In 2018, Zambia exported and imported goods to and from the rest of Africa to the value of US$1.81 billion and US$4.9 billion, respectively. In...

Madagascar: Intra-Africa trade and tariff profile

23 Jul 19 Resource

Intra-Africa trade profile for 2018 In 2018, Madagascar exported and imported goods to and from the rest of Africa to the value of US$239.6 million and US$482.9 million, respectiv...

An important Comesa Court qualifier for natural and legal persons approaching the Court

11 Jul 19 Blog

The Treaty that underpins the 27-member Community of Eastern and Southern African States (Comesa) contains an appealing provision for ordinary persons, natural or legal, who are in...

tralac’s Daily News Selection

26 Jun 19 News

The role of rules of origin in boosting intra-African trade: a CNBC interview with Junior Davis, chief of UNCTAD’s Africa Section AfDB voting powers, as at 31 May 2019. Key reg...

tralac’s Daily News Selection

28 May 19 News

The AU, CoDA multi-stakeholder dialogue on implementing the AfCFTA concludes today in Addis Ababa. For insights on debates: @AUTradeIndustry, #coda4afcfta, #auccoda (i...

Zambian govt holds sensitization meeting on the TFTA

29 Apr 19 News

The Zambian government recently held a sensitization meeting with stakeholders on the Copperbelt mainly from the Chambers of Commerce and the private sector on the Tripartite Free ...

Fresh push for states to ratify the Tripartite FTA as deadline draws near

05 Apr 19 News

The 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....

tralac’s Daily News Selection

01 Apr 19 News

A suite of REC-related policy updates: Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa An extra-ordinary meeting of the COMESA Council of Ministers will be held on Friday, in L...

tralac’s Daily News Selection

12 Mar 19 News

COMESA’s tribute to the late Ambassador Julius Onen, the PS of Uganda’s Ministry of Trade, Industry and Cooperatives UNCTAD is undertaking an Investment Policy Review of Angol...

tralac’s Daily News Selection

06 Mar 19 News

AU Ministers of Trade, Industry and Mineral Resources: final declaration of STC meeting (11-12 January, Kigali) on the theme The entry into force of the agreement establishing the ...

tralac’s Daily News Selection

04 Mar 19 News

JETRO’s 2018 survey on business conditions of Japanese-affiliated firms in Africa: Chinese companies emerge as top competitors for the first time (JETRO) Regarding cooperation w...

tralac’s Daily News Selection

01 Mar 19 News

Featured tweet, infographic, @fadyhocheimy: So I sent DHL from Gambia to Senegal and this is how it traveled to get there. There is a direct 25 min flight almost daily between Gamb...

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19 Feb 19 News

Conference of African Ministers of Finance, Planning and Economic Development (20-26 March) on the theme Fiscal policy, trade and the private sector in the digital era: a strategy ...

South Africa deposits Tripartite FTA Ratification instrument

13 Dec 18 News

The Republic of South Africa has deposited the instrument of Ratification of the EAC-COMESA-SADC Tripartite Free Trade Area (TFTA Agreement) bringing the number of c...

tralac’s Daily News Selection

26 Nov 18 News

African trade and infrastructure events starting today: PIDA Week 2018, in Victoria Falls. Nepad CEO, Ibrahim Assane Mayaki: “As regional integration arrangements deepen and...

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22 Nov 18 News

WTO updates: (i) G20 economies: WTO report shows sharp rise in trade-restrictive measures A total of 40 new trade-restrictive measures were applied by G20 economies during the re...

tralac’s Daily News Selection

21 Nov 18 News

The WTO’s Dispute Settlement Body meets today: selected updates India asks WTO to set up panel against US for imposing higher duties on steel, aluminium. China, the EU, Mexi...

COMESA, EU sign €48 million trade facilitation programme agreement

21 Nov 18 News

The European Union and COMESA have signed a €48.3 million trade facilitation programme. The COMESA Trade Facilitation Programme (CTFP) aims at deepening regional integration, imp...

Monitoring Regional Integration in Southern Africa Yearbook 2017/18

06 Nov 18 Publications

Monitoring Regional Integration in Southern Africa is celebrating its 15th anniversary. This edition includes a review of the developments since 2001, the year when the first editi...