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18 Apr 19 NewsAfCFTA ratification update: Cameroon assures ECA that it will ratify Africa’s Free Trade Area Agreement
“Cameroon will ratify the AfCFTA,” the country’s Prime Minister, Jo...
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08 Apr 19 NewsThe World Bank-IMF 2019 Spring Meetings open today in Washington
UNCTAD’s Ad Hoc Expert Group Meeting on Competition Law and Policy takes place today in Geneva
UNCTAD’s eComm...
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04 Apr 19 NewsThe AfDB’s Regional Economic Outlook: the West Africa, Central Africa, Southern Africa and East Africa regional reports have been launched
The IMF has posted the Analytical Cha...
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28 Mar 19 NewsDiarise: SWIFT’s African Regional Conference (18-20 June, Accra) on the theme Enabling the Digital Economy
South Africa’s February 2019 trade balance will be released tomorrow...
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Tariffs on intra-Africa trade
21 Mar 19 InfographicsThis 3-page infographic provides an overview of tariff measures adopted by African countries on intra-Africa trade.
Many African countries trade under preferential trading arrange...
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Trade Policy Review: East African Community (Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania and Uganda)
21 Mar 19 NewsThe third joint Trade Policy Review of the East African Community (EAC) takes place on 20 and 22 March, 2019 to provide clarification from the EAC members on its trade policies and...
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20 Mar 19 NewsThe joint trade policy review of EAC member countries began today at the WTO: download reports prepared by the EAC and WTO secretariats, advance questions
The World Travel and Tou...
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15 Mar 19 NewsDiarise: Canada Africa Business Conference (26-27 March, Gaborone)
Nigeria’s PEBEC launches innovative public service feedback, complaints platform to drive Ease of Doing Busine...
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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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SACU, Mozambique make progress on impending Brexit
14 Mar 19 NewsSubstantial progress has made to conclude a Roll-Over Economic Partnership Agreement between SACU, Mozambique and the UK.
The Minister of Trade and Industry, Dr Rob Davies says pr...
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13 Mar 19 NewsTrade policy pointers:
Cameroon will host an AfCFTA national sensitization, information forum in mid-April 2019: further details, here and here
Togo’s AfCFTA forum:&nbs...
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South African Government intervenes to save the poultry industry
07 Mar 19 NewsThe South African government continues to deploy a number of interventions to support the poultry industry.
These include measures to boost competitiveness, value-addition and te...
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06 Mar 19 NewsAU Ministers of Trade, Industry and Mineral Resources: final declaration of STC meeting (11-12 January, Kigali) on the theme The entry into force of the agreement establishing the ...
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05 Mar 19 NewsFeatured tweet, @CelestinMonga: Sierra Leone ($500 income per capita) imports onions from the Netherlands, 7,000 kilometers away. Why? It takes more than one month to import fresh,...
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04 Mar 19 NewsJETRO’s 2018 survey on business conditions of Japanese-affiliated firms in Africa: Chinese companies emerge as top competitors for the first time (JETRO)
Regarding cooperation w...
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South Africa: Intra-Africa trade and tariff profile
01 Mar 19 ResourceOverview of South Africa’s intra-African trade relationships; top import and export products; and applicable import tariffs for 2018*
Intra-Africa trade
In 2018, South Afri...
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28 Feb 19 NewsThe WTO’s General Council meets in Geneva. Kenya, Cuba, Bolivia and Laos have associated themselves with the submission by China, India, South Africa and Venezuela on The co...
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21 Feb 19 NewsDiarise: SADC Council of Ministers meeting (15-16 March, Windhoek). Ministers will consider a number of strategic documents, receive reports on the implementation of the priority a...
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ESA-UK Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA): Continuing the UK’s trade relationship with the Eastern and Southern African region
07 Feb 19 NewsThe United Kingdom has committed to continue its current trade arrangements with the Eastern and Southern Africa (ESA) States if it leaves the European Union without a deal on 29 M...
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05 Feb 19 NewsAfrican Group statement submitted to the informal WTO Ministerial held during WEF 2019 (WTO)
This statement is circulated by H.E. Minister Rob Davies to the informal WTO Ministeri...
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