tralac’s Daily News Selection
14 Mar 19 NewsThe GTR AFRICA 2019 conference starts today in Cape Town. Twitter updates: #GTRAFRICA
The WTO’s 2019 Public Forum theme has been announced: Trading forward – adapting to a cha...
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11 Mar 19 NewsDiarise:
The 14th CII-EXIM Bank Conclave on India-Africa Project Partnerships (17-19 March, New Delhi). The programme can be viewed here.
The African Day of Standardisati...
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tralac’s Daily News Selection: AU Summit review
12 Feb 19 NewsA guide to the AU Summit:
Outcomes, commentaries, side-events, country postings
South Africa deposited its AfCFTA instrument of ratification, as did Mauritania and Republic o...
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International push to improve food safety
12 Feb 19 NewsInternational Food Safety Conference opens with call for greater global cooperation
Greater international cooperation is needed to prevent unsafe food from causing ill health and ...
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29 Jan 19 NewsDiarise: Joint SADC-EU Council meeting (19 February, Cape Town)
An update on the 2019 Conference of African Ministers of Finance, Planning & Economic Development (20-26 March,...
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African policymakers must pay more attention to counterfeit drugs
29 Jan 19 NewsA new study shows that poor and vulnerable populations, especially in Africa, suffer the most.
Substandard and fake medicines pose a significant threat to Africa. These products c...
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AEC2018: Africa’s private sector can be major driver for regional integration
06 Dec 18 NewsAfrica’s growing and vibrant private sector can be a major driver of the regional integration across the continent, according to leading experts at the ongoing 2018 African Econo...
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Cut flower sector wilting under new rules, competition
20 Nov 18 NewsHopes by Kenya’s flower growers to exploit the lucrative United States market and stop dependence on the European market will not bear much fruit despite the recent launch of dir...
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WTO members adopt roadmap for reducing technical barriers to trade
19 Nov 18 NewsWTO members achieved a breakthrough at a 14-15 November meeting of the Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade (TBT) by agreeing on a list of recommendations that aim at reducing ...
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tralac’s Daily News Selection
10 Oct 18 NewsSelected African trade events now underway:
NTM Week 2018 (9-11 October, Geneva: Shaping sustainable trade amid protectionism
2nd Africa-Turkey Economic and Business Forum (10-11...
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Aviation drives economic prosperity for Mauritius
19 Sep 18 NewsThe International Air Transport Association (IATA) called on the government of Mauritius to continue to focus on aviation as a strategic enabler of the country’s economic and soc...
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22 Aug 18 NewsGerman minister pushes for free trade deal ahead of Africa trip (DW)
Germany’s development minister Gerd Müller is promoting a “customs-free trade deal in Africa” ahead of ...
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Identifying the role of civil society in the SADC EPA
21 Aug 18 BlogThe demand for civil society participation in the negotiation and implementation of trade agreements has recently intensified following the growing and progressive mainstreaming of...
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One-stop border post will boost trading
21 Aug 18 NewsSouthern African trader is cautiously optimistic about a free trade area
As the marketing executive of Dairibord Zimbabwe, a stock exchange-listed exporter of food and beverages i...
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Kenyan manufacturers seek COMESA’s support to stop counterfeits
16 Aug 18 NewsThe Kenya Association of Manufacturers (KAM) has urged COMESA to consider establishing a institution to deal with counterfeits and dumping in the regional market.
At a meeting bet...
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30 Jul 18 NewsProfiled African REC, trade and development events starting today:
In Lomé: Joint ECOWAS, ECCAS Summit of Heads of State and Government
In Kigali: African Tax Aut...
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WCO publishes global standards on e-commerce
11 Jul 18 NewsThe WCO has published the Framework of Standards on Cross-Border E-Commerce as adopted at the end of June 2018 by the Council, the Organization’s highest deci...
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29 Jun 18 NewsA reminder that the SACU Heads of State Summit took place today in Gaborone. SA’s President Ramaphosa will be accompanied by the Minister of Trade and Industry, Dr Rob Davies, an...
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25 Jun 18 NewsUnderway, in Dar es Salaam: Workshop on establishing a National Trade Facilitation Roadmap in Tanzania (25-29 June)
Underway, in Victoria Falls: NEPAD Agency, PIDA_Africa strategi...
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18 Jun 18 NewsProfiled African trade and regional integration events:
(I) The 24th ARSO General Assembly starts today in Durban on the theme: One Africa One Market – the role of standard...
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