Tag: World Trade Organisation
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19 May 20 NewsHow much will poverty rise in Sub-Saharan Africa in 2020? (World Bank)
The ongoing coronavirus pandemic is expected to drastically slow 2020 GDP per capita growth in Sub-Saharan A...
WTO Members discuss trade responses to COVID-19 pandemic
19 May 20 NewsAt a meeting of the General Council on 15 May, WTO members exchanged views regarding trade responses to the COVID-19 pandemic. Many members said the unprecedented crisis was best a...
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18 May 20 NewsThe AU has advertised the post of executive director for STATAFRIC, based in Tunis. The closing date for applications is 11 June.
African Business: Africa’s Top 250 Companies in...
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06 May 20 NewsAfCFTA Year Zero Report (AfroChampions Initiative)
This assessment, which was completed before COVID-19 struck, showed that despite the euphoria, AfCFTA commitment and implementat...
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05 May 20 NewsWamkele Mene: Digital trade the only tool for Africa’s economic recovery (EWN)
AfCFTA secretary-general Wamkele Mene said he had gone back to the drawing board to review his pri...
South Africa’s new status as a ‘developed country’ for purposes of United States’ subsidies and countervailing duty investigations
04 May 20 BlogEarlier this year, on 10 February 2020, the United States announced changes to the way in which it would conduct aspects of its trade remedy investigations, including that South Af...
IMF and WTO heads call for lifting trade restrictions on medical supplies and food
25 Apr 20 NewsInternational Monetary Fund (IMF) Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva and WTO Director-General Roberto Azevêdo issued a joint call on 24 April for governments to refrain from i...
WTO report finds growing number of export restrictions in response to COVID-19 crisis
23 Apr 20 NewsEighty countries and customs territories so far have introduced export prohibitions or restrictions as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a new report by the WTO Secre...
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08 Apr 20 Newstralac’s Special Edition Newsletter on COVID-19 was posted today: explore nine articles, touching on various trade policy issues and sectors (pdf)
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Trade set to plunge as COVID-19 pandemic upends global economy
08 Apr 20 NewsWorld trade is expected to fall by between 13% and 32% in 2020 as the COVID 19 pandemic disrupts normal economic activity and life around the world.
The wide range of possibilitie...
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02 Apr 20 NewsTrade events to diarise:
East Africa has been impacted by COVID-19. Cross border trade has especially declined. To discuss mitigation and trade strategies, TradeMark East Afri...
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24 Mar 20 NewsImplementation of AfCFTA faces delay due to COVID-19 (Ghanaweb)
Approval of phase one operational instruments required for the start of duty free trading within the Africa Contine...
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20 Mar 20 NewsWTO cancels its ministerial conference: now what? (Borderlex EU)
The organisation may still hold a special ‘General Council’ meeting in Geneva in lieu of the ministerial, but ...
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06 Mar 20 News5th anniversary of the Nairobi Ministerial Decision: Review of implementation, identification of gaps and the way forward. The following submission (dated 2 March) is being circula...
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05 Mar 20 NewsTradeMark East Africa and the UNECA released their joint report – Creating a unified regional market: Towards the implementation of the African Continental Free Trade Area in Eas...
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03 Mar 20 News@AUTradeIndustry: update on the AfCFTA negotiations
The 8th meeting of the AfCFTA Technical Working Group on Trade in Services began today in Addis. It is an opportunity for AU me...
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17 Feb 20 NewsTrade events to diarise:
EA Competition Authority experts meeting to develop a prioritization framework and conduct of market studies (19-22 February, Dar es Salaam)
EAC:...
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13 Feb 20 NewsPosted by the African Union: African Innovation Outlook III
Extract from Chapter 3: Status of innovation performance (pdf). This chapter presents the status of innovation performa...
An interim Dispute Settlement Arrangement for some WTO Members
12 Feb 20 BlogSince the end of 2019, the dispute settlement system of the World Trade Organization (WTO) can no longer function as designed. This system was created as part of the WTO Agreement ...
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06 Feb 20 NewsFinancial Times editorial comment: West Africa needs to be prudent after CFA franc
JETRO’s 2019 survey on business conditions of Japanese-affiliated firms in Africa
Following T...