Tag: AfCFTA
Transforming African economies through smart trade and industrial policy
03 Nov 17 NewsIn the 2015 Economic Report on Africa of the Economic Commission for Africa, a clear case was established for the increased and improved use of trade and trade policy as tools to d...
10th Session of the Committee on Regional Cooperation and Integration ends on high note
03 Nov 17 NewsThe 10th Session of the Committee on Regional Cooperation and Integration (CRCI) ended in Addis Ababa Thursday night with participants adopting recommendations that will ...
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02 Nov 17 News@AUTradeIndustry: the 1st Trade Policy Dialogue Forum kicks off at AU to promote exchange of stakeholders’ views on CFTA and private sector development
Underway, in Cape Town: f...
A transformative Continental Free Trade Area requires inclusion of women
02 Nov 17 NewsA group of experts met in Addis Ababa for the 2017 edition of the Continental Workshop on Trade and Gender under the theme, “The role of regional economic communities in supporti...
Closing UN’s ‘Africa Week,’ Assembly President says continent’s vision getting close to reality
23 Oct 17 NewsAddressing the final event of this year’s Africa Week at the United Nations, General Assembly President Miroslav Lajčák on Friday highlighted the continent’s transformative c...
10th Session of the Committee on Regional Cooperation and Integration: Implementation of the CFTA and shared gains
19 Oct 17 NewsThe Committee on Regional Cooperation and Integration of the ECA (Economic Commission for Africa) Conference of Ministers meets on a biennial basis to review the work undertaken in...
With fast-growing youth population, Africa boasts enormous market potential – UN deputy chief
19 Oct 17 NewsAfrican countries individually represent relatively small markets, but collectively, they represent enormous market potential, the United Nations deputy chief told an Africa Week e...
Investment policy landscape of the African Regional Economic Communities, Tripartite Free Trade Area and Continental Free Trade Area
18 Oct 17 PublicationsAfrican countries, under the auspices of the African Union, are negotiating the Continental Free Trade Area (CFTA) which is expected to be launched in December 2017. The CFTA is ex...
Fifth Trade Policy Review of Nigeria: Minutes of the Meeting
18 Oct 17 NewsThe fifth Trade Policy Review of Nigeria was held on 13 and 15 June 2017. The Review offered a very useful opportunity for WTO Members to deepen their understanding of the trade po...
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12 Oct 17 NewsCFTA negotiations: chief negotiators conclude 7th round of negotiations (AU)
The negotiators (2-7 October) made substantial progress towards the conclusion of CFTA negotiations an...
Chief negotiators conclude the 7th round of Continental Free Trade Area (CFTA) negotiations
12 Oct 17 NewsThe 7th Meeting of the CFTA Negotiating Forum took place from 2nd – 7th October 2017 at the African Union (AU) Headquarters, in Addis Ababa. The meeting brought together Chief Ne...
The 2017 African Prosperity Conference Report
11 Oct 17 NewsThe Continental Free Trade Area (CFTA): Exploring Possibilities for Business Engagement Across Africa
The 2017 Africa Prosperity Conference report and list of recommendations was ...
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09 Oct 17 NewsAfrica and the 11th WTO Ministerial Conference: four updates
(i) Yesterday in Marrakech: Ministerial meeting of the KENSA Group (trade ministers from Kenya, Egypt, Nigeria, South ...
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03 Oct 17 NewsThis week, in Abuja: Seventh meeting of the CFTA Negotiating Forum
The objective of the meeting is to consider the draft texts of the CFTA Agreement and its Annexes and Appendices...
“100 Days to the CFTA” – Chief Negotiators reconfirm their commitment to conclude negotiations on the CFTA by end of 2017
03 Oct 17 NewsThe African Union Commission is organizing the Seventh Meeting of the Continental Free Trade Area (CFTA) Negotiating Forum (CFTA-NF) from 02-07 October 2017 in Ethiopia.
The Objec...
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27 Sep 17 NewsUNCTAD’s first Non-Tariff Measures Week concludes today in Geneva: an overview; an interview with Dr Manish Pande (Director of Quality Council of India)
The WTO Public Foru...
AU BIAT Trade Information and Trade Finance Workshop – Dar es Salaam, September 2017
25 Sep 17 EventThe African Union (AU) Boosting Intra-African Trade (BIAT) Trade Information and Trade Finance Workshop was held at the Julius Nyerere International Convention Centre in Dar es Sal...
2017 African Prosperity Conference: Update on the Continental Free Trade Area negotiations
25 Sep 17 News‘Africa needs the CFTA to prosper economically’
President of the Ghana National Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Nana Dr. Appiagyei Dankawoso I, has stated that Africa needs ...
African Union Commission, Member States and RECs urge the implementation of Trade Facilitation measures
25 Sep 17 NewsThe African Union Commission in collaboration with the Mauritius Revenue Authority organized the 3rd African Union Customs Experts’ Trade Facilitation Forum from 20-22 September ...
In New York, AU Ministers hold informal consultations on the matter of reservations made on CFTA modalities on the liberalization of trade in goods
25 Sep 17 NewsAt the backdrop of the 72nd United Nations General Assembly, on 21st September 2017 in the Conference Room of the African Union Permanent Mission in New York (USA), Ministers of Tr...