tralac’s Daily News Selection
16 Jan 19 NewsFeatured tweets:
@KendalHembroff: G20 Trade and Investment Working Group meeting [15-16 January] to discuss challenges facing international trading system and need for WTO reform
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Simulating UK-Africa Trade Liberalisation: Kenya
21 Dec 18 PublicationsWith the United Kingdom set to exit the European Union (EU) in the near future, current news is focusing on the future UK-EU trade relationship. For the UK’s global trade partner...
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tralac’s final Daily News Selection 2018
18 Dec 18 NewsToday in Vienna: The High-Level Forum Africa-Europe
President Kagame and Chancellor Kurz decided to call for a High-Level Forum to provide a space for European and African leaders...
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Cooperation with Africa on an equal footing: Federal Chancellor Sebastian Kurz at High-Level Forum Africa-Europe
18 Dec 18 News“We now have to change the way we look at Africa. We must not think exclusively of poverty, the threat of migration and a lack of respect for human rights. What is required now a...
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EU and ACP countries conclude first round of negotiations to modernise their relations
18 Dec 18 NewsThe two chief negotiators met on Friday, 14 December 2018 in Brussels to take stock of the progress achieved and discuss next steps.
The first series of talks between the EU and 7...
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Southern African Customs Union (SACU)’s trade and tariff profile
14 Dec 18 BlogThe members of SACU are Botswana, Lesotho, Eswatini, Namibia and South Africa. SACU’s objectives include to, inter alia, facilitate cross-border movement of goods between me...
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What is a Customs Union like SACU about?
14 Dec 18 BlogFrom a legal and technical point of view the Southern African Customs Union (SACU) is a Customs Union (CU) and an international organization with legal personality. Since a CU is a...
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The Brexit that refuses to arrive
13 Dec 18 PublicationsOn Wednesday, 12 December (107 days before Brexit happens), a deeply divided Conservative Party voted, under a special procedure allowing a leadership challenge by secret ballot, t...
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07 Dec 18 News2018 African Economic Conference: outcomes
Economic integration is seen as a game-changer for achieving inclusive sustainable development. Read more in the Overview of Conference ...
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Linking policies on development and trade
07 Dec 18 NewsGermany’s Federal Government has announced a Development Investment Fund. The new scheme can become an important milestone for realigning cooperation with Africa – towards dove...
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WTO members review regional trade agreements covering EU, Ghana and EAEU
22 Nov 18 NewsWTO members reviewed the interim Economic Partnership Agreement between the European Union (EU) and Ghana at the meeting of the Committee on Regional Trade Agreements on 19 Novembe...
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Cut flower sector wilting under new rules, competition
20 Nov 18 NewsHopes by Kenya’s flower growers to exploit the lucrative United States market and stop dependence on the European market will not bear much fruit despite the recent launch of dir...
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Extraordinary Summit on AU Reforms begins with the aim “to make Africa stronger and give our people the future they deserve”
17 Nov 18 NewsThe supreme organ of the African Union, the Assembly, which comprises Heads of State and Government of all the 55 African countries, began its 11th Extraordinary Session today with...
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16 Nov 18 NewsMali’s parliament yesterday, 15 November, unanimously ratified the AfCFTA Agreement. @AbdoulayeDiop8: Bravo au gouvernement & a l’Assemblée nationale du Mali pour cette pr...
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Joint statement of the 7th EU-South Africa Summit
16 Nov 18 NewsEU-South Africa Summit: Strengthening the Strategic Partnership
At the 7th European Union-South Africa Summit held in Brussels on 15 November 2018, Leaders agreed on a number of s...
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14 Nov 18 NewsToday’s trade-related event postings:
Uganda’s Ministry of Trade, this morning, launched the Uganda Trade Information Portal. A related update from Rwanda.
The Govern...
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Africa can learn from EU: President Ramaphosa
14 Nov 18 NewsAfrica can draw lessons from the European Union’s path to integration, economic and political union, and achieving social progress, President Ramaphosa has said.
In his address ...
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12 Nov 18 NewsKenya-China trade relations: tweeted updates
@Kiptoock: Today in Beijing, Zhang Jiwen-Vice Minister of Customs of China and myself signed protocol allowing market access of STEVIA...
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08 Nov 18 NewsFeatured trade policy tweet, @CohenOnAfrica: US government withdrawal of AGOA privileges from Mauritania due to reports of slavery is essentially symbolic – trade with Mauritania...
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Africa-Europe Partnership: A vision beyond migration
08 Nov 18 NewsSpeech by High Representative/Vice-President Federica Mogherini during the S&D 2018 Africa Week
This is the third important meeting that the [S&D – Socialists & Demo...
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