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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 Events Calendartralac 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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20 Aug 18 NewsFeatured tweet, from @ICA_Africa: The ICA Africa ‘Infrastructure Financing Trends in Africa’ report for 2017 is currently in development and should be ready by November 2018. I...
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COMESA: 98% of regional non-tariff barriers resolved
20 Aug 18 NewsA total of 199 out of 204 non-tariff barriers (NTBs) to regional trade that have been reported among the COMESA Member States since the establishment of the Tripartite NTB Online R...
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Kenyan manufacturers seek COMESA’s support to stop counterfeits
16 Aug 18 NewsThe Kenya Association of Manufacturers (KAM) has urged COMESA to consider establishing a institution to deal with counterfeits and dumping in the regional market.
At a meeting bet...
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14 Aug 18 NewsAfrican freight volumes, passenger demand: IATA’s June analysis
Freight trends: All regions except Africa reported a year-on-year increase in freight volumes in June 2018, but ...
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COMESA Customs experts’ meeting underway in Kenya
14 Aug 18 NewsHeads of Customs from COMESA Member States began a two-day meeting in Kenya to deliberate on the prepared reports on customs and trade facilitation matters.
On the agenda of the C...
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08 Aug 18 NewsTowards an EAC Regional Intellectual Property Policy: 15 August is closing date for completion of a questionnaire to inform the policy
Netpreneurs event: “Let’s make Afri...
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07 Aug 18 NewsA reminder of tomorrow’s UNCTAD forum in Johannesburg: Netrepreneurs: The rise of Africa’s Digital Lions
Diarise: (i) EAC-COMESA-SADC Consultative workshop on Trade in Goods (...
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COMESA region can reap US$17.5b by implementing e-trade measures
07 Aug 18 NewsThe COMESA region would annually gain US$17.5 billion in intra-COMESA exports if all the member States fully implemented the digital trade facilitation reforms that involves the us...
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