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28 Oct 19 NewsDiarise: SheTrades Global (to be held in conjunction with the World Export Development Forum, 18-22 November, in Addis Ababa)
Themes that will be discussed include how free...
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23 Jul 19 NewsDiarise: The 7th Annual East Africa International Arbitration Conference 2019 takes place on 29-30 August in Nairobi
Featured African trade policy tweets:
@AfricaMediaHu...
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19 Jul 19 NewsWomen’s Digital Financial Inclusion in Africa: A Gates Foundation report prepared for the G7 French Presidency (pdf)
This report profiles five pillars for extending digital fina...
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31 May 19 NewsDiarise:
(i) G20 Ministerial Meeting on Trade and Digital Economy (8-9 June, Tsukuba, Japan). Tsukuba, the ministerial meeting’s host city, is known as Japan’s le...
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DDG Wolff highlights role of WTO in facilitating agri-food chains
14 May 19 NewsThe World Trade Organisation (WTO’s) rules-based framework benefits farmers and other participants in nascent and developing agri-food value chains by facilitating their daily op...
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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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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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