Brexit after the Prime Minister’s Defeat
18 Jan 19 BlogAfter a devastating defeat for Theresa May, the Brexit clock keeps ticking. On Tuesday 15 January, the House of Commons rejected her Bill on the Withdrawal Agreement with the Europ...
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tralac’s Daily News Selection
17 Jan 19 NewsAfrican Economic Outlook 2019: Africa growth prospects remain steady, industry should lead growth (AfDB)
Africa’s general economic performance continues to recover and GDP growt...
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African Economic Outlook 2019: Africa growth prospects remain steady, industry should lead growth
17 Jan 19 NewsFive policy actions could raise Africa’s total gains to 4.5 percent or GDP, or $134 billion a year
Africa’s general economic performance continues to recover and GDP grow...
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IMF Executive Board 2018 annual discussions on CEMAC countries’ common policies
17 Jan 19 NewsOn December 17, 2018, the International Monetary Fund Executive Board concluded the annual discussions with the Central African Economic and Monetary Community (CEMAC) on Common Po...
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16 Jan 19 NewsFeatured tweets:
@KendalHembroff: G20 Trade and Investment Working Group meeting [15-16 January] to discuss challenges facing international trading system and need for WTO reform
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Africa set for massive transformation with AfCFTA, says ECA’s David Luke
16 Jan 19 NewsAfrica is set for massive transformation as more countries are expected to sign-up and ratify the African Continental Free Trade Agreement (AfCFTA) in 2019, says Economic Commissio...
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Communications crucial for successful implementation of AfCFTA
16 Jan 19 NewsCommunications must play a crucial role in building awareness on the gender implications of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) Agreement and the accord as a whole, pa...
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tralac’s first Daily News selection for 2019
15 Jan 19 NewsProfiled AU events, now underway:
The 32nd Ordinary Summit of the African Union started today in Addis on the theme Refugees, returnees and internally displaced persons: towar...
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Africa trade and technology
15 Jan 19 NewsIntroduction
It is perceived that economic nationalism has slowed the meteoric rise of global trade. Since the Uruguay Round created the World Trade Organization (WTO) in 1995, tr...
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Darkening prospects: Global economy to slow to 2.9 percent in 2019 as trade, investment weaken
15 Jan 19 NewsEmerging, developing economies should rebuild policy buffers, boost productivity to sustain growth
Global economic growth is projected to soften from a downwardly revised 3 percen...
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African Union Ministers of Trade conclusively reach consensus on all outstanding issues on AfCFTA modalities for tariff liberalization
18 Dec 18 NewsThe seventh meeting of African Union Ministers of Trade (AMOT) ended in Egypt this week with the ministers reaching an agreement on crucial aspects of the African Continental Free ...
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Inaugural Intra-African Trade Fair ends, Kigali announced host of IATF2020
18 Dec 18 NewsThe inaugural Intra-African Trade Fair (IATF 2018) ended in Cairo on 17 December 2018 with the Rwandese capital of Kigali being announced as the host of the 2020 event.
Former Nig...
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EU and ACP countries conclude first round of negotiations to modernise their relations
18 Dec 18 NewsThe two chief negotiators met on Friday, 14 December 2018 in Brussels to take stock of the progress achieved and discuss next steps.
The first series of talks between the EU and 7...
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President Donald J. Trump’s Africa Strategy advances prosperity, security, and stability
13 Dec 18 NewsRemarks by National Security Advisor Ambassador John R. Bolton on the Trump Administration’s New Africa Strategy
I’m delighted again to be here at the Heritage, an institution...
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IATF 2018: Intra-African trade the engine for developing Africa
13 Dec 18 NewsAfrica must forge ahead with the remaining technical negotiations for the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) as African Union member countries continue to sign and ratify...
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tralac’s Daily News Selection
12 Dec 18 NewsStarting tomorrow:
Ministerial Retreat, in Nairobi, on trade facilitation in the EAC: ministers are expected to adopt a declaration of policy objectives for a regional trade f...
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Inaugural Intra-African Trade Fair to drive continent’s development of export manufacturing
12 Dec 18 NewsThe first-ever Intra-African Trade Fair (IATF) to be held on the continent opened on Tuesday, 11 December 2018 in Cairo, Egypt with the President of the African Export-Import ...
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International Trade Explainer: Trade terms and concepts – A tralac guide
11 Dec 18 PublicationsInternational trade has its own terminology. This document contains a list of general trade terms as used in international trade agreements concluded by states and as applied in th...
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Press briefing on US policy in Africa with Assistant Secretary of State for the Bureau of African Affairs
07 Dec 18 NewsRemarks by Tibor P. Nagy, Jr. via teleconference in Nairobi, Kenya, 6 December 2018
MODERATOR: Good afternoon to everyone from the U.S. Department of State’s Africa Regiona...
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tralac’s Daily News Selection
05 Dec 18 Newstralac in the news at AEC2018: ”We have learned a lot of lessons,” Trudi Hartzenberg, Executive Director of the Trade Law Centre, said. “We have a window to build capaci...
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