Tag: Trade regulation
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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 ...
SA retailers get to grips with Namibia Charter
22 Aug 18 NewsSA retailers supplying products to Namibia have to abide by that country’s retail charter, which aims to control access to the local market to allow for the development of local ...
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20 Aug 18 NewsFeatured tweet, from @ICA_Africa: The ICA Africa ‘Infrastructure Financing Trends in Africa’ report for 2017 is currently in development and should be ready by November 2018. I...
COMESA: 98% of regional non-tariff barriers resolved
20 Aug 18 NewsA total of 199 out of 204 non-tariff barriers (NTBs) to regional trade that have been reported among the COMESA Member States since the establishment of the Tripartite NTB Online R...
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16 Aug 18 NewsDiarise: Tony Elumelu Entrepreneurship Forum (25 October, Lagos). The Forum will also see the launch of TEFConnect, the world’s largest digital platform for African entrepreneurs...
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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15 Aug 18 NewsDiarise: High Level Conference on the Lake Chad Region (3-4 September, Berlin)
Featured tweet from @ChilesheKCOMESA (COMESA’s new SG): COMESA will set up stakeholder outreach to...
Dti endorses recommendation to increase sugar import duties
15 Aug 18 NewsTrade and Industry Minister Rob Davies has endorsed the International Trade Administration Commission’s recommendation to increase import duties for sugar.
In a statement on Tue...
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14 Aug 18 NewsAfrican freight volumes, passenger demand: IATA’s June analysis
Freight trends: All regions except Africa reported a year-on-year increase in freight volumes in June 2018, but ...
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13 Aug 18 NewsNew from tralac
tralacBlog: Trudi Hartzenberg and Gerhard Erasmus reflect on select trade-related matters currently on the SADC agenda
tralacBlog: John Stuart asks, ...
TradesCape: the AfCFTA Agreement is set to enter into force by early 2019
10 Aug 18 NewsSouth Africa signed the African Continental Free Trade Area Agreement (AfCFTA) on 1 July 2018. What does this mean in practical terms?
Wesgro recently hosted a seminar, in partner...
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08 Aug 18 NewsTowards an EAC Regional Intellectual Property Policy: 15 August is closing date for completion of a questionnaire to inform the policy
Netpreneurs event: “Let’s make Afri...
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07 Aug 18 NewsA reminder of tomorrow’s UNCTAD forum in Johannesburg: Netrepreneurs: The rise of Africa’s Digital Lions
Diarise: (i) EAC-COMESA-SADC Consultative workshop on Trade in Goods (...
COMESA region can reap US$17.5b by implementing e-trade measures
07 Aug 18 NewsThe COMESA region would annually gain US$17.5 billion in intra-COMESA exports if all the member States fully implemented the digital trade facilitation reforms that involves the us...
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06 Aug 18 NewsThe 5th COMESA Annual Research Forum is underway in Nairobi: download the programme (pdf)
The annual meetings of the African Caucus for the World Bank and the International Moneta...
Rwanda AGOA exit signals era of reciprocal trading
06 Aug 18 NewsLast week, the Trump administration announced the withdrawal of benefits for Rwanda to export apparel duty-free to the US under the African Growth and Opportunity Act (Agoa). This ...
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01 Aug 18 NewsStarting today, in Addis Ababa: AfCFTA negotiations on Rules of Origin (1-11 August)
Diarise: 38th Ordinary Summit of the Heads of State and Government of SADC (17-18 August, Wind...
SADC EPA Trade Defense Mechanisms
31 Jul 18 BlogThe Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) between the European Union and the Southern African Development Community (SADC) EPA Group[1] is a WTO compatible Free Trade Agreement (FTA...
Is Brexit now in the Emergency Ward?
31 Jul 18 BlogBrexit is due to happen on 29 March 2019 but there is no agreement yet on how the future relationship between the UK and the EU (the UK’s most important trading partner) will wor...
Davies: Steel and aluminium exports to US no threat to national security
16 Jul 18 NewsSouth Africa’s steel and aluminium exports to the United States does not pose any threat to US national security, says Trade and Industry Minister Rob Davies.
Davies was speakin...