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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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26 Jun 19 NewsThe role of rules of origin in boosting intra-African trade: a CNBC interview with Junior Davis, chief of UNCTAD’s Africa Section
AfDB voting powers, as at 31 May 2019.
Key reg...
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17 May 19 NewsAfrican trade policy events to note:
An EAC experts meeting on the AfCFTA takes place today (by video conference)
Botswana Competition Policy Peer Review Report dissemination eve...
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DG Azevêdo at India’s ministerial meeting of developing and least developed countries: ‘Make your voices heard’ on reform issues
14 May 19 NewsParticipating in an Informal WTO Ministerial Meeting organised by the Indian government in New Delhi on 13 May, Director-General Roberto Azevêdo outlined the current discussions r...
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07 May 19 NewsNew commentaries on the AfCFTA:
tralac’s Gerhard Erasmus: The institutional design of the AfCFTA. Why do international trade arrangements have their own institutions? What ...
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New ACP-EU Partnership: Chief negotiators conclude successful series of regional consultations, culminating with African leaders’ meeting
07 May 19 NewsOn 3 May 2019, in Eswatini, Chief negotiators Neven Mimica and Robert Dussey met with African Ministers to discuss the African pillar of the future partnership between the EU and 7...
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27 Mar 19 NewsTunisia has formally ratified its membership of COMESA – becoming its 20th member
Diarise: Transforming Mauritius – policies to foster industrialisation and development. The w...
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South Sudan kicks off WTO membership negotiations
26 Mar 19 NewsAt the first meeting of the Working Party on the Accession of South Sudan on 21 March 2019, WTO members expressed support for working with the world’s youngest nation in order to...
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Trade and gender training, new research and EIF initiative announced on Women’s Day at WTO
08 Mar 19 NewsWorld Trade Organisation (WTO) Director-General Roberto Azevêdo announced new efforts for women’s economic empowerment through trade, including a training module and new researc...
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27 Feb 19 NewsAfCFTA ratification update, @AUC_MoussaFaki:
“Egypt’s parliament approves ratification of the AfCFTA, bringing total parliamentary approvals to 19, of which 15 have alrea...
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An undifferentiated WTO: Self-declared development status risks institutional irrelevance
17 Jan 19 NewsCommunication from the United States
In the preamble to the Marrakesh Agreement Establishing the World Trade Organization, the Parties recognized that “their relations in the fi...
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African Group Declaration on WTO issues
15 Jan 19 NewsWe, Ministers of Trade of the Member States of the African Union, meeting in Cairo, on 12 and 13 December 2018, at the occasion of the 7th Meeting of the African Minister...
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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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03 Dec 18 NewsAfrican trade events to diarise: African Ministers of Trade meeting (12-13 December, Cairo); 1st SADCSTAN workshop to adopt Harmonised Transport Standards (10-14 December, South Af...
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20 Nov 18 NewsThe South Africa-Zimbabwe bilateral free trade agreement terminates today. What does this mean for the future of their bilateral trade relationship? A tralacBlog by Elisha Tsh...
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World’s poorest countries must nurture dynamic businesses
20 Nov 18 NewsUNCTAD’s Least Developed Countries Report 2018 examines how the world’s most disadvantaged countries can foster entrepreneurship to create jobs and help end poverty.
Governmen...
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30 Oct 18 NewsAlert: The Doing Business 2019 report will be released tomorrow (Wednesday)
Featured newsletter: African Cotton, Textiles & Apparel Monitor #32
Featured trade commentaries: R...
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Promoting foreign direct investment to LLDCs: Luncheon at the World Investment Forum 2018
30 Oct 18 NewsOn 25 October 2018, on the sidelines of the World Investment Forum in Geneva, the UN Office of the High Representative for the Least Developed Countries, Landlocked Developing Coun...
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Export diversification and employment in Africa
19 Oct 18 NewsThere is a general consensus that trade has high potential to foster inclusive growth and create employment.
Thus, classical trade theorists recommended active trade participatio...
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Race to the next income frontier: How Senegal and other low-income countries can reach the finish line
14 Sep 18 NewsOpening remarks by IMF Managing Director Christine Lagarde at the Center for Global Development book launch
Good afternoon. Thank you, Masood, for your kind introduction. It is a ...
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