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18 Oct 19 NewsWBG/IMF Annual Meetings: selected updates
The Broadband for All Working Group: Achieving broadband access for all in Africa comes with a $100bn price tag
Intergovernmenta...
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16 Oct 19 NewsAfrican trade policy events to diarise:
The first meeting of the AfCFTA Council of Ministers responsible for trade takes place next week in Addis Ababa (24-25 October). It wil...
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The Bretton Woods System at 75
13 Sep 19 BlogSeventy five years ago, in July 1944, while World War II was still raging, delegates from all 44 Allied nations gathered in Bretton Woods, New Hampshire, in the United States, for ...
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10 Sep 19 NewsRethinking the International Trade Architecture: address by WTO’s DDG Alan Wolff at the Institute for International Trade, Adelaide
The topic of our conference is “Rethinking ...
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29 Aug 19 NewsMadagascar has notified the WTO’s Committee on Safeguards that it has initiated three safeguard investigations: on soaps, lubricating oils and on vegetable oils and margarines
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28 Aug 19 NewsThe Seventh Tokyo International Conference on African Development began today in Yokohama on the theme Advancing Africa’s development through people, technology and innovation. T...
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26 Aug 19 NewsVictor Harison, Mario Pezzini: Firms must drive Africa’s transformation (Project Syndicate)
But if the AfCFTA is to fulfill its promise, African firms will need to prepare for a...
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23 Aug 19 NewsA tralac Guide to this weekend’s G7 Summit, next week’s TICAD7
The G7 starts tomorrow, concluding on Sunday: selected previews
A Japan Times preview: Leaders from the Gr...
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08 Aug 19 NewsThe 39th Ordinary Summit of the Heads of State and Government of SADC, and preceding meetings, starts tomorrow in Dar es Salaam, ending on 18 August
Funding the AfCFTA Secretariat...
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Global Warming: A Paradigm shift is required to avert disaster
31 Jul 19 PublicationsThe latest report released by the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) approved on 6 October 2018 is a stark reminder of the dire consequences and impact of global w...
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16 Jul 19 NewsKenya: Ruto, Raila jointly launch national export strategy (The Standard)
Deputy President William Ruto and Opposition chief Raila Odinga yesterday launched a national export stra...
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02 Jul 19 NewsUnderway, in Niamey: 9th Session of African Ministers of Trade in preparation for the Extra-Ordinary Summit scheduled for 7 July. The summit will also be preceded by the Civil Soci...
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01 Jul 19 NewsTwo key trade policy events are taking place this week:
The Aid for Trade Global Review 2019 gets underway in Geneva on Wednesday, ending on Friday. By addressing the supply-...
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25 Jun 19 NewsConcluding today, in Geneva: Seventh IMF-WB-WTO Trade conference. WTO Director-General Roberto Azevêdo delivered the opening speech.
AfCFTA updates:
Morocco’s MPs, yesterd...
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24 Jun 19 NewsSelected trade events now underway:
Today in Nairobi: EABC-ITC-TMEA Regional consultative workshop on AfCFTA Tariff Offers and engagement on trade in services
Tomorrow, in Johann...
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13 Jun 19 NewsToday is Budget Day across East Africa.
Selected country previews: Rwanda, Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania
African trade policy events to diarise:
25th African Organisation for Standard...
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Huawei: Trade War is escalating into a Tech War
11 Jun 19 BlogThe inter-connected nature (and vulnerability) of the global trading system was dramatically demonstrated with the announcement on 15 May 2019 by the US Commerce Department that co...
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10 Jun 19 NewsA selection of African trade and development events to diarise:
The 2019-2020 Mauritius Budget was presented to the National Assembly today. Download the full Budget Speech on the...
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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...
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22 May 19 NewsAfCFTA negotiations update, from @AUTradeIndustry: The 15th meeting of the AfCFTA Negotiating Forum kicked off Monday at the African Union, Addis Ababa. The meeting will cons...
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