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The selection: Friday, 6 November Data visualisation: 'A new way of visualising world trade' (WEF) SA has 60 days before Obama revokes AGOA privileges (Business Day) Mr Obama s...

The US plans to suspend trade benefits on agricultural goods from South Africa, intensifying a dispute over the country’s restrictions on farm imports that had pitted farmers in ...

Statement by Ambassador Michael Froman in Geneva, 4 November 2015 Thank you, Chair. The United States would like to welcome the delegation from the SACU countries, as well as...

“During the past year, I have worked closely with leaders in government and industry in both of our countries to resolve the longstanding barriers to U.S. trade with South Africa...

AU Trade Ministers met on 19 October 2015 in Brussels to consider the state of play of the DDA negotiations in preparation for MC10 to be held in Nairobi in December 2015. Ministe...

The 5th Meeting of the Continental Task Force (CTF) on the Continental Free Trade Area (CFTA) at the Experts level, commenced on 5 November 2015 in Abuja, Nigeria. The meeting was ...

Economic transformation is increasingly believed to be the mechanism to make trade work for poverty reduction and development in Africa. This paper argues that while transformatio...

Statement by Ambassador Marc Vanheukelens, Geneva, 4 November 2015 I would like to extend a warm welcome to the SACU Delegation, led by Ms. Niki Kruger as the Head of Delegat...

COMESA and the Secretariat of the African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) Group of States have agreed on the need to take common positions on emerging issues related to the EU-ACP co-...

Cecilia Malmström, EU Trade Commissioner, visited Lagos, Nigeria on 5 November 2015, where she spoke at the EU-Nigeria Business Forum and meeting with government, business and civ...

The Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) officials have lauded Rwandan cross-border transporters for embracing the yellow card scheme, noting that it has helped l...

The selection: Thursday, 5 November In Kinshasa, the curtain falls on 10th African Economic Conference (AfDB) "The state should play a critical role in the transformation of econ...

About 30 finance ministers from across the world have confirmed attendance of the Development Co-operation Forum high-level symposium in Kampala. It is expected to contribute to...

The sixth edition of UNIDO’s Least Developed Countries’ (LDC) Ministerial Conference will be held in the context of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, from 26 to 27 N...

“Major economic progress is possible in Africa and can lead to improvement in the standard of living but we must work on structural transformation so that Africans can benefit fr...

This year’s Mutual Review of Development Effectiveness in Africa: Promise & Performance highlights the significant progress on the part of African governments and their inter...

Leaving no one behind in the development agenda will require taking bold steps by African governments including strengthening the role of state in economic transformation to addres...

The one-day workshop for the validation of the report on banking services and Continental Free Trade Area (CFTA) Consultation ended on 30 October 2015 in Abuja, Nigeria. The objec...

Least developed countries (LDCs) welcomed on 2 November what they said were real efforts by members of the WTO to implement a pledge to provide LDC services and service suppliers w...

Speaking at an event marking the 20th anniversary of the Technical Barriers to Trade (TBT) Agreement, Director-General Roberto Azevêdo said that the work in this area “often goe...