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07 Aug 19 NewsFeatured tweet, @Yadeyemi: The AU is developing a continental trade facilitation strategy with a concrete implementation plan involving ICT, logistics, SMEs, NTBs, etc, the AU told...
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Joint Statement between the United States of America and the African Union concerning the development of the African Continental Free Trade Area
07 Aug 19 NewsDeputy United States Trade Representative C.J. Mahoney and African Union Commission Commissioner for Trade and Industry Albert Muchanga on 5 August 2019 signed a joint statement co...
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05 Aug 19 NewsThe Ministerial Session of the 2019 AGOA Forum began to today in Abidjan: selected updates
The theme of this year’s Forum is AGOA and the Future: Developing a new trade para...
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02 Aug 19 NewsDiarise:
tralac’s Certificate Course on International Trade Law and Policy for Africa’s Development (starting 23 September): Applications close on 9 August
East Afric...
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31 Jul 19 NewsUganda Revenue Authority Commissioner for Customs, Dicksons Kateshumbwa, was recently elected as the World Customs Organisation Council chairperson. Extracts from an interview:
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24 Jul 19 NewsSpecial issue on US-SSA trade and investment
The public hearing, US Trade and Investment in Sub-Saharan Africa: recent trends and new developments, takes place today, 24 July, in ...
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27 Jun 19 NewsThe African Group at the WTO has circulated a statement on the Appellate Body impasse:
An extract: “In the last year, we note with alarming concern the systemic risks facing the...
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20 Jun 19 NewsDiarise: UNCTAD’s Economic Development in Africa Report will be released next Wednesday (26 June) on the theme Made in Africa: rules of origin for enhanced intra-African trade
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18 Jun 19 NewsThe US-Africa Business Summit 2019 starts today in Maputo. The event, a Corporate Council on Africa flagship conference, will be addressed by a large number of African Heads of Sta...
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12 Jun 19 NewsThe highlight of the opening day of the AfDB’s Annual Meetings, yesterday in Malabo, was the release of one of its flagship reports, the African Economic Outlook. An easy guide t...
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12 Apr 19 NewsJoint AfDB, AUC, UNECA, Afreximbank expert group meeting on informal cross-border trade (16-17 April, Abidjan)
Informal cross-border trade has remained a dilemma for the African c...
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01 Apr 19 NewsA suite of REC-related policy updates:
Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa
An extra-ordinary meeting of the COMESA Council of Ministers will be held on Friday, in L...
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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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22 Mar 19 NewsThe 2019 Economic Report on Africa will be launched tomorrow in Marrakech (pdf)
The IMF’s forthcoming World Economic Outlook includes two analytical chapters on trade policy
To...
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Workshop on current and emerging trade issues for Kenya – Nairobi, 20 March 2019
20 Mar 19 EventWhile in Nairobi for the 2019 Annual Conference, tralac and the Export Promotion Council co-hosted a workshop on 20 March 2019 in Nairobi on current and emerging trade issues for K...
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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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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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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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