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15 Feb 19 NewsAfrican Union Department of Rural Economy and Agriculture: Continental strategy for Geographical Indications in Africa 2018-2023
The protection of GIs could give African coun...
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06 Feb 19 NewsUnderway, in Monrovia: Network of Economic Journalists of West Africa meeting on AfCFTA
Diarise: 3rd German-African Business Summit (11-13 February, Accra)
African Mining Indaba:...
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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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World Bank president: list of reforms African states should be demanding
22 Jan 19 NewsThe World Bank will launch the process for selecting the new World Bank President on 7 February. There’s been a great deal of talk about the importance of an open and t...
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tralac’s final Daily News Selection 2018
18 Dec 18 NewsToday in Vienna: The High-Level Forum Africa-Europe
President Kagame and Chancellor Kurz decided to call for a High-Level Forum to provide a space for European and African leaders...
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17 Dec 18 NewsToday’s event listings:
Underway, in Cairo: African Civil Aviation Commission and preparatory technical committees (17-20 December), under the framework of the COMESA airspace i...
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14 Dec 18 NewsAhead of Monday’s IMF conference, The future of work in sub-Saharan Africa, in Accra, Ghana: a podcast with Axel Schimmelpfennig
AfCFTA updates from this past week’s AMOT mini...
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13 Dec 18 NewsIMF’s Chart of the Week: Sub-Saharan Africa’s growth is a tale of different experiences
President Trump’s new Africa strategy was unveiled today in Washington:
Remarks by A...
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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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The Buenos Aires G20 Meeting: Has Rules-based global Trade survived?
11 Dec 18 BlogThe communiqué issued at the end of the Group of 20 meeting in Buenos Aires recently (30 November and 1 December 2018) reads like the to-do list for the world’s leading countrie...
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07 Dec 18 News2018 African Economic Conference: outcomes
Economic integration is seen as a game-changer for achieving inclusive sustainable development. Read more in the Overview of Conference ...
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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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30 Nov 18 NewsAfCFTA ratification update, @AUTradeIndustry:
“Great and welcome news. Getting closer to 22. Senegalese cabinet last night adopted draft law authorizing ratification of AfCFTA A...
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African Union Commission and the United States commit to advance efforts towards stability and development in Africa
30 Nov 18 NewsThe African Union (AU) Commission and the United States of America convened the 6th annual High-Level Dialogue at the African Union Headquarters, Addis Ababa on 29 November 2018.
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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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American mid-term Elections: What International Implications?
18 Nov 18 BlogThe American mid-term elections took place during the first week of November 2018 and were keenly watched. Many have hoped that control by the Democratic Party of the House of Repr...
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Is it time for a new Global Order?
18 Nov 18 BlogThe policies of President Trump have brought a new urgency to the debate about the future of the global economic and geopolitical order. American tariffs on Chinese goods[1], the w...
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08 Nov 18 NewsFeatured trade policy tweet, @CohenOnAfrica: US government withdrawal of AGOA privileges from Mauritania due to reports of slavery is essentially symbolic – trade with Mauritania...
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06 Nov 18 NewsSADC Business Council foundational meeting: @SthrnAfrcaTrust updates
Tomorrow, 7 November, at the Holiday Inn Hotel, Johannesburg Airport, @SthrnAfrcaTrust and @TheNBF will host t...
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President Trump terminates AGOA trade preference program eligibility for Mauritania
06 Nov 18 NewsPresident Donald J. Trump on Friday announced his intent to terminate the eligibility of Mauritania for trade preference benefits under the African Growth and Opportunity Act ...
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