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Time for Ethiopia to enhance regional economic integration

Time for Ethiopia to enhance regional economic integration

27 Jul 17  News
International trade never used to be an issue, at least, not one borne out of apathy or misrepresentation. Ancient civilisations seldom traded with outsiders, but rarely because th...
The Tripartite Free Trade Area – a breakthrough in July 2017 as South Africa signs the Tripartite Agreement

The Tripartite Free Trade Area – a breakthrough in July 2017 as South Africa signs the Tripartite Agreement

10 Jul 17  News
The ministerial meeting of 7 July 2017 in Kampala injected fresh momentum into the tripartite negotiations to create a free trade area covering half of Africa. South Africa signed...
Cape-to-Cairo free trade area closer

Cape-to-Cairo free trade area closer

23 Jun 17  News
The East African Community is getting closer to a deal on tariff offers with Egypt and the South African Customs Union (SACU) that would allow the bloc to ratify the Tripartite Fre...
Exploring the trade and gender nexus: The case of manufacturing in COMESA countries

Exploring the trade and gender nexus: The case of manufacturing in COMESA countries

13 Jun 17  News
How did the setting up of export processing zones (EPZs) in COMESA countries affect women? How did tariff changes affect female employment in the manufacturing sector? The Common ...
tralac’s Daily News Selection

tralac’s Daily News Selection

31 May 17  News
Underway, in Arusha: EAC Sectoral Council Meeting on Trade, Industry, Finance and Investment Today, in Addis: Arbitration in Ethiopia, East Africa, and beyond: prospects, possibil...
10 COMESA member states in a study to address customs’ clearance bottlenecks

10 COMESA member states in a study to address customs’ clearance bottlenecks

30 May 17  News
A report on a study conducted in 10 COMESA member states to establish the time taken for Customs Clearance during import and export of goods and the causes of delays has been ...
Regional Livestock Facility Hub launched

Regional Livestock Facility Hub launched

24 Apr 17  News
COMESA has established a regional livestock facility hub which will operate as a network of stakeholders interested in and committed to improving the institutional environment at r...
tralac’s Daily News Selection

tralac’s Daily News Selection

11 Apr 17  News
A rebalancing act for China and Africa: the effects of China’s rebalancing on Sub-Saharan Africa’s trade and growth (IMF) How does China’s new growth model affect sub-Sahara...
COMESA Banks’ Governors push for Regional Payment and Settlement System

COMESA Banks’ Governors push for Regional Payment and Settlement System

11 Apr 17  News
COMESA Committee of Governors of Central Banks wants all COMESA member countries to fully utilize the Regional Payment and Settlement System. In their 22nd Meeting that took place...
COMESA Director of Trade and Customs Dr Francis Mangeni: Trade opportunities between Mauritius and Zambia

COMESA Director of Trade and Customs Dr Francis Mangeni: Trade opportunities between Mauritius and Zambia

11 Apr 17  News
Keynote speech by Dr. Francis Mangeni, COMESA Director of Trade and Customs, at the Enterprise Mauritius’ Buyer-Sellers Forum of 23-24 March 2017 at the Intercontinental Hotel in...
tralac’s Daily News Selection

tralac’s Daily News Selection

28 Mar 17  News
Underway, in Cotonou: a ECONEC / ECOWAS workshop evaluating 10 years’ experience of electoral assistance in West Africa Later this week, in Arusha, the EAC Council of ...
tralac’s Daily News Selection

tralac’s Daily News Selection

06 Mar 17  News
Featured infographic: 50 years of containership growth Starting today: In Mombasa: Stakeholders workshop validation of Tripartite Harmonized Documents; In Dar es Salaam:Committee ...
Tunisia preparing to join COMESA in October

Tunisia preparing to join COMESA in October

06 Mar 17  News
Tunisia is preparing to sign the COMESA Treaty during the next COMESA Summit in October 2017. The signature will herald the admission of Tunisia to the regional economic community ...
tralac’s Daily News Selection

tralac’s Daily News Selection

17 Feb 17  News
2017 African Development Bank Annual Meetings: transforming agriculture for wealth creation in Africa The 2017 Annual Meetings of the AfDB Group will be held on 22-25 May in Ahmed...
tralac’s Daily News Selection

tralac’s Daily News Selection

14 Feb 17  News
Applications close on 6 March for tralac’s online course ‘Trade in the 21st Century: legal and policy considerations for Africa’.   Profiled appointment: Paul Noumba Um...
tralac’s Daily News Selection

tralac’s Daily News Selection

10 Feb 17  News
TFTA update: Egypt’s cabinet approves COMESA, EAC, SADC free trade agreement Tinashe Kapuya: ‘US-Africa trade and investment relations: what can we expect from a Trump Adminis...
COMESA call for papers 2017: Boosting intra-African trade through RECs

COMESA call for papers 2017: Boosting intra-African trade through RECs

09 Feb 17  News
COMESA-ACBF Capacity Building Project in Economic and Trade Policy Analysis and Research Following the Eighteenth African Union Summit of Heads of State and Governments’ meeting...
United States’ trade with Africa – 2016

United States’ trade with Africa – 2016

01 Feb 17  Infographics
Africa offers substantial trade and investment opportunities across national and regional markets, and provides significant opportunities for US companies. SADC, COMESA and ECOWAS...
tralac’s Daily News Selection

tralac’s Daily News Selection

31 Jan 17  News
African leaders consider proposals for institutional review of the AU (Ghana Business News) Describing the AU as a “highly dysfunctional organization”, President Kagame, in hi...
Second Trade Policy Review of the Democratic Republic of the Congo: Minutes of the meeting

Second Trade Policy Review of the Democratic Republic of the Congo: Minutes of the meeting

12 Jan 17  News
The second Trade Policy Review of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) was held on 25 and 27 October 2016. This meeting was a good opportunity for Members to discuss in great...

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