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28 May 19 NewsThe AU, CoDA multi-stakeholder dialogue on implementing the AfCFTA concludes today in Addis Ababa. For insights on debates: @AUTradeIndustry, #coda4afcfta, #auccoda
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Zambian govt holds sensitization meeting on the TFTA
29 Apr 19 NewsThe 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 ...
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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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01 Apr 19 NewsA 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...
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12 Mar 19 NewsCOMESA’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...
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06 Mar 19 NewsAU 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 ...
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04 Mar 19 NewsJETRO’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...
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01 Mar 19 NewsFeatured 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 NewsConference 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 ...
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South Africa deposits Tripartite FTA Ratification instrument
13 Dec 18 NewsThe 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...
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26 Nov 18 NewsAfrican 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 NewsWTO 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...
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21 Nov 18 NewsThe 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...
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COMESA, EU sign €48 million trade facilitation programme agreement
21 Nov 18 NewsThe 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...
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Monitoring Regional Integration in Southern Africa Yearbook 2017/18
06 Nov 18 PublicationsMonitoring 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...
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Madagascar: Intra-Africa trade and tariff profile
21 Oct 18 ResourceThis Trade Data Update provides an overview of Madagascar’s intra-African trade relationships, both within the Regional Economic Communities (RECs) and with other individual Afri...
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Zambia: Intra-Africa trade and tariff profile
21 Oct 18 ResourceThis Trade Data Update provides an overview of Zambia’s intra-African trade relationships, both within the Regional Economic Communities (RECs) and with other individual African ...
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COMESA welcomes SA’s ratification of the Tripartite FTA
10 Oct 18 NewsSouth Africa has ratified the Tripartite Free Trade Agreement, becoming the fourth country to do so after Egypt, Uganda and Kenya. This is according to a notification sent by the S...
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Training Course for the Judges from the COMESA Court of Justice, 8-12 October 2018
08 Oct 18 Eventtralac presented a 5-day training course for the Judges of the COMESA Court of Justice (from the Appellate and First Instance Divisions) in Cape Town, South Africa during the week ...
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COMESA: Trade experts propose sanctions on member states introducing new NTBs
25 Sep 18 NewsThe next summit of the COMESA Heads of State and Governments is likely to take a firmer stand on countries that introduce non-tariff barriers without notice. But this will depend o...
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