Tag: EAC
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14 Aug 19 NewsTwo commentaries on intra-African trade,
pointing to the potential impact of the AfCFTA:
Global Trade Review’s (GTR) Africa trade briefing: Rebecca Harding, CEO of Coriolis...
“EAC Staff desert stations over pay”: EAC Press Statement – Clarification of issues
14 Aug 19 NewsOur attention has been drawn to issues raised in a story by The East African Newspaper edition of 10th – 16th August, 2019 headlined “EAC Staff desert stations over pay”.
At...
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05 Aug 19 NewsThe Ministerial Session of the 2019 AGOA Forum began to today in Abidjan: selected updates
The theme of this year’s Forum is AGOA and the Future: Developing a new trade para...
The Development of REC Community Law: The EAC Court of Justice makes an important Contribution
12 Jul 19 PublicationsWhen the internal legal order of a particular regional integration arrangement is described as being based on “Community Law”, it typically means an advanced level of integrati...
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05 Jul 19 NewsToday’s featured commentary, David Pilling (Financial Times Africa Editor): Are tech companies Africa’s new colonialists?
Ghana appears to have won the bid to host the AfCFTA ...
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20 Jun 19 NewsDiarise: UNCTAD’s Economic Development in Africa Report will be released next Wednesday (26 June) on the theme Made in Africa: rules of origin for enhanced intra-African trade
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11 Jun 19 NewsThe AfDB’s 2019 Annual Meetings opened today in Malabo on the theme Regional Integration for Africa’s Economic Prosperity. AfDB President Akinwumi Adesina said the bank had inv...
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07 Jun 19 NewsSelected resources, previews of this weekend’s G20 Trade Ministerial in Japan:
The IMF’s G20 Surveillance Note, other IMF G20 resources; Asia Times: G20 finance ministers lan...
Conclusion of the Bilateral Tariff Negotiations between SACU and the EAC
07 Jun 19 NewsPress release
The COMESA-EAC-SADC Tripartite Free Trade Area (TFTA), which was launched on 10th June 2015, aims to establish a single market for 27 African countries with a co...
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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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15 May 19 NewsAfrican trade events to diarise:
Intra-African Trade Fair (IATF) 2020 (1-7 September 2020, Kigali)
World Export Development Forum 2019 (18-22 November 2019, Addis Ababa)....
East African Private sector discusses their contribution to the AfCFTA
10 May 19 NewsEABC charts out ways to leverage on the AfCFTA
The African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) isn’t simply a ‘Free Trade Agreement’; it’s about establishing a unified co...
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02 May 19 NewsDiarise: Horn of Africa AfCFTA Regional Trade Forum (23-24 May, Addis Ababa)
Extract from the concept note: While engagement with the private sector is a theme that cuts acro...
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29 Apr 19 NewsDITE for Africa: Introducing the AU’s Digital Identity, Digital Trade and Digital Economy initiative. Download the concept note
AfCFTA updates:
This week in Arusha, Tanzani...
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24 Apr 19 NewsOn hosting the AfCFTA Secretariat: Eswatini walking tightrope to become Africa’s trade hub (Yenisfak)
At a breakfast meeting with the local business community, prime minister Am...
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23 Apr 19 NewsThe 8th Annual Borderless 2019 Conference starts tomorrow in Accra. The theme: Trade facilitation intra-regional in West Africa – new trends
Inclusive trade in Africa: The Afric...
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16 Apr 19 NewsAfCFTA update: The Gambia, today, deposited its instruments of ratification for the AfCFTA with the Chairperson of the African Union Commission, becoming the 20th country to do so....
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08 Apr 19 NewsThe World Bank-IMF 2019 Spring Meetings open today in Washington
UNCTAD’s Ad Hoc Expert Group Meeting on Competition Law and Policy takes place today in Geneva
UNCTAD’s eComm...
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...