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30 Nov 18 NewsAfCFTA ratification update, @AUTradeIndustry:
“Great and welcome news. Getting closer to 22. Senegalese cabinet last night adopted draft law authorizing ratification of AfCFTA A...
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Intra-African trade key to continent’s economic growth, says Mauritian Minister
18 Sep 18 NewsThe 24th Session of the Inter-Governmental Committee of Experts (ICE) of Southern Africa opened in Mauritius today with an impassioned plea from Foreign Affairs, Regional Integrati...
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Forum on China-Africa Cooperation Beijing Action Plan (2019-2021)
10 Sep 18 News1. Preamble
1.1 The 2018 Beijing Summit and the Seventh Ministerial Conference of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) was held in Beijing from 2 to 4 September 2018. Hea...
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Declaration of the 2018 Beijing Summit of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation
06 Sep 18 NewsTowards an Even Stronger China-Africa Community with a Shared Future
1.1 We, the Heads of State, Government and Delegations of the People’s Republic of China and 53 African coun...
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Kagame backs new China-Africa development framework
05 Sep 18 NewsPresident Paul Kagame has backed the Africa-China development framework announced on Monday by Chinese President Xi Jinping.
President Kagame was speaking on Tuesday at a roundtab...
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2018 Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC): Remarks by President Cyril Ramaphosa
04 Sep 18 NewsRemarks by South African President Cyril Ramaphosa during the 2018 FOCAC Opening Ceremony in Beijing, China
At the outset, allow me to express our profound gratitude for the gener...
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2018 FOCAC Beijing Summit: Chinese President Xi Jinping’s speech at the opening ceremony
04 Sep 18 NewsChinese President H.E. Xi Jinping delivered a keynote speech at the opening ceremony of the 2018 Beijing Summit of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) on Monday. The full...
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In Beijing, UN chief urges China, Africa for a win-win collaboration for ‘the future we want’
04 Sep 18 NewsHighlighting the economic and development progress made in China and Africa, United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres urged them to unite their combined potential for pea...
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FOCAC: Call for investment-led trade
04 Sep 18 NewsPresident Cyril Ramaphosa has called for investment-led trade between Africa and China.
This will help promote the industrialisation of African economies and position the continen...
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31 Aug 18 NewsEthiopian trade, industrial policy updates:
(i) Ethiopia’s PM appoints new policy reforms advisor, chief trade negotiator (ECADF). Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed has assigned Mamo Mi...
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Tensions grow over the future of the ACP group
31 Aug 18 NewsThe African Union wants to have a continent-to-continent dialogue with Europe, a change that could make the framework of the Cotonou Agreement implode and leave the Pacific and Car...
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Third Singapore-Sub-Saharan Africa High-Level Ministerial Exchange Visit
29 Aug 18 News12 Ministers from Djibouti, Ethiopia, Gabon, Ghana, Kenya, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Rwanda, South Africa, Tanzania, and Uganda called on Prime Minister (PM) Lee Hsien Loong at...
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Mauritius-China FTA: Third round of negotiations underway
14 Aug 18 NewsThe three-day third round of negotiations on the Mauritius-China Free Trade Agreement (FTA) opened on Monday, 13 August 2018 at the Hilton Hotel in Flic en Flac. The FTA aims at fu...
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BRICS in Africa: Working towards the realisation of the African aspirations
29 Jun 18 NewsSpeech by Deputy Minister of International Relations and Cooperation, Ms Reginah Mhaule, during the BRICS Stakeholder Engagement held on 27 June 2018 in partnership with ...
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26 Jun 18 NewsNext month’s BRICS Summit: preview by Standard Bank’s Jeremy Stevens
South Africa will host the 10th annual summit of the Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa group. ...
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IBSA Declaration on South-South Cooperation
07 Jun 18 NewsThe External Affairs Minister of the Republic of India, Smt. Sushma Swaraj, The Minister of International Relations and Cooperation of the Republic of South Africa, Ms. Lindiwe Sis...
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Kenyan, Chinese enterprises pledge stronger cooperation to boost growth
23 May 18 NewsChinese enterprises on Tuesday pledged to cooperate with their Kenyan counterparts to stimulate economic growth and social renewal in line with the Belt and Road Initiative.
The n...
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China mission to attract investors to Special Economic Zones
21 May 18 NewsThe Department of Trade and Industry will this month embark on an investment roadshow to Shanghai, China, aimed at wooing investors to the South African Special Economic Zones (SEZ...
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Key Statistics and Trends in International Trade and Trade Policy 2017
09 May 18 NewsKey Statistics and Trends in International Trade: The Status of World Trade
After strongly rebounding from the Great Recession of 2009, international trade has grown at a sluggish...
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India-South Africa Business Summit 2018: “United by Legacy, Unified for Prosperity”
02 May 18 NewsThe much anticipated India-South Africa Business Summit 2018 (ISABS 2018) concluded on 30 April 2018 at the Sandton Convention Centre, Johannesburg with a session on ‘India ...
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