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Ten years ago, the sixth WTO Ministerial Conference invited the Director General to set up a task force for operationalising aid for trade with the aim of generating support for de...

The European Union on Tuesday stated that many of  Nigeria’s policies in operation contradict the basic rules of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) trade...

Several recent trade wars between Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda emphasize some of the key challenges faced by the East African Community for a successful economic integration. The dr...

The value of the global illicit economy is regularly placed at over $1 trillion. However, data is often out of date, sometimes by more than 10 years. The illicit economy is a gian...

The selection: Tuesday, 27 October African think tanks asked to step up (ACBF) Speaking at the opening of the 5th Consultative Forum of the ACBF Policy Institutes Committee held ...

India is seeking to strengthen its foothold in Africa as it plays catch-up on a continent where investment and trade has been dominated by China. Prime Minister Narendra Modi is w...

UNCTAD’s latest Investment Policy Monitor shows that, as in previous review periods, the vast majority of new investment policy measures aimed at creating more favourable investm...

Implementation of the WTO Trade Facilitation Agreement (TFA) has the potential to increase global merchandise exports by up to $1 trillion per annum, according to the WTO’s flags...

Statement by India’s External Affairs Minister Smt. Sushma Swaraj at the Foreign Affairs Ministerial Meeting of the Third India-Africa Forum Summit (IAFS), 27 October 2015, ...

Request for observer status by the African Organization for Standardization (ARSO) to the WTO Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade: Submission from Uganda The delegation ...

The selection: Monday, 26 October Starting today, in Cape Town: Current and future challenges for the multilateral trading system - perspectives from Southern Africa The event, 2...

The Ministry of Industrialization and Enterprise Development in partnership with World Bank and manufacturing sector stakeholders have launched the Priority Manufacturing sector, v...

4th India Africa Trade Ministers’ Meeting held in New Delhi – Joint Statement Issued Minister for Commerce & Industry, Ms. Nirmala Sitharaman has said that India sees Afri...

The adoption of an action plan and wide-ranging partnerships to transform African agriculture into viable agri-business were the main outcomes of the three-day high-level conf...

Energy specialists and policy makers will have a lot to talk about at the forthcoming Conference on climate Change and Development in Africa (CCDA 5), according to the organizing c...

Kenya is rooting for discussions to reduce high tariffs that make trade in agriculture expensive during the coming World Trade Organization 10th Ministerial (WTO MC10) meeting in N...

Parliamentarians from 137 countries have committed to action aimed at tackling two of the most challenging issues facing the world today – migration and the protection of digital...

In a “timely and necessary” meeting on illicit financial flows and their impact on development in Africa, Oh Joon, President of the United Nations Economic and Social Council (...

The selection: Friday, 23 October ACP Declaration on the 10th WTO Ministerial Conference We re-affirm that the ACP Group of States will continue constructive engagement in the pu...

Preamble We, Ministers of the African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) Group of States responsible for trade matters, meeting in Brussels from 19 to 21 October 2015 to, among other ...