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Director-General Roberto Azevêdo told the African Union Forum on Industrialization and Inclusive Development in Africa on 1 July 2014 that the Trade Facilitation Agreement “will...

The East African Community (EAC) partner states established the EAC Common Market on July 1, 2010 which was a significant step in the EAC integration process. In establishing the ...

Four years into the establishment of the East African Common Market Protocol, its implementation is expected to be close to the final stages, according to experts. However, the pr...

President Goodluck Jonathan hinted yesterday that the federal government was shoring up investments in the service industry to generate more job opportunities for Nigerians. Jonat...

Swaziland, located in southern part of Africa, has been excluded from the list of countries eligible to get benefit under the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) of the US Go...

The possible imposition of anti-dumping tariffs on certain chicken cuts is unnecessary, the Association of Meat Importers and Exporters (Amie) said on Monday. Local producers had ...

As anticipated, the US government has reinstated preferential trade status for Madagascar on its 54th independence day anniversary, providing hope for the country’s emb...

The vision of southern Africa as an emerging economy with infrastructure that works coast-to-coast will be closer to reality after the regional Summit hosted by Zimbabwe in August....

Regional African organizations are increasing their involvement in developing the continent’s cotton sector to ensure aid reaches farmers who really need it, and strengthen produ...

The fifth edition of the Status of Integration in Africa report (SIA V) contains information on the implementation process of the integration agenda by the Regional Economic Commun...

The African Union (AU) has proposed 522.12-million-dollar budget for 2015, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports. According to documents made available to NAN in Malabo on Frid...

The Nigerian-British Chamber of Commerce (NBCC) says it expects bilateral trade between both nations to exceed its targets this year. Prime Minister David Cameron and President Go...

Director-General Roberto Azevêdo, at the Trade Negotiations Committee meeting on 25 June 2014, noted concerns about efforts by some delegations to revisit the Trade Facilitation A...

Ever since the high tech generic drug production facility, Cinpharm-Cameroon, was set up, it is relatively easier for Cameroonians to have access to medicines. Now a low wage earne...

Speech by Karel De Gucht, European Commissioner for Trade British American Business Event London, 24 June 2014 Ladies and gentlemen, We are meeting in an impressive place ...

It will be a win-win deal. The crux, of course, is for the Government to make it happen Despite several rounds of the negotiations which started in 2007, the proposed EU-India...

Tanzania is expected to release a policy on sugar importation this July that will be aimed at protecting sugar companies in the country as well as ensuring that local sugar compani...

The World Customs Organisation (WCO) has announced that a new trade facilitation model, which will be open to all member countries, including Nigeria, would soon be unveiled. The ...

The Department of Trade and Industry (the dti) has approved a R200-million Grant Fund and a 5-Year Plan for the establishment of a National Cluster to leapfrog local industry's com...

Speech by Andris Piebalgs, European Commissioner for Development, at the Friends of Europe’s Development Policy Forum (DPF) annual Africa Summit entitled ‘Africa: Progress and ...