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COVID-19: UN calls on governments to help landlocked neighbours
10 Jun 2020Well-functioning transit transport services and procedures are essential to ensure people in landlocked developing countries have timely access to medical products and basic goods ...
read moreCOVID-19 to plunge global economy into worst recession since World War II
09 Jun 2020The global economic outlook during the COVID-19 Pandemic: A changed world
The swift and massive shock of the coronavirus pandemic and shutdown measures to contain it have plunged ...
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09 Jun 2020Diarise, Thursday (11 June): Rwanda, Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda are expected to table their respective 2020/2021 national budgets. Industrialists are lobbying, through the EABC, f...
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08 Jun 2020Africa eyes the world’s top trade job — but spars over its candidate (Politico)
A political heavy-hitter from Nigeria is shaking up the race to lead the World Trade Organizati...
read moreStatus of Integration in the Southern African Development Community
08 Jun 2020Topic NewsAfrican trade and integrationThe Status of Integration in the SADC Region Report highlights the key achievements and successes made by the Southern African Development Community (SADC) in the area of regional ...
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05 Jun 2020Buhari nominates Okonjo-Iweala as Nigeria’s candidate for WTO’s DG election (Premium Times)
Nigeria has nominated a former Minister of Finance, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, as its can...
read moreAfCFTA remains Africa’s ambitious plan to prosperity even in midst of COVID-19
05 Jun 2020The African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) is still the agreement with great potential to foster regional economic integration and economic growth, and take Africa to the nex...
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04 Jun 2020Rosa Whitaker, Stephen Lande: US trade is key to driving Africa’s post-coronavirus recovery (US News)
AGOA expires in 2025. Ideally it would be superseded by a US-Africa free tr...
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03 Jun 2020The AfDB has posted its North Africa Regional Integration Strategy Paper 2020-2026
The North Africa Regional Integration Strategy Paper (RISP-NA) 2020-2026 has been designed to su...
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02 Jun 2020COVID-19 and trade in SSA: impacts and policy response (World Bank)
Measures taken to curtail the spread of COVID-19 have led to a sharp contraction of the global economy and an e...
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02 Jun 2020COVID-19 will have a severe economic impact in Sub-Saharan Africa: Trade is the Key Channel
The COVID-19 pandemic is first and foremost a public health crisis. However, measures a...
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01 Jun 2020Diarise:
The OACPS hosts (3 June) first-ever Inter-Sessional Summit on the theme: Transcending the COVID-19 pandemic. It will be chaired by Kenya’s President Uhuru Kenyatta.
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read moreEAC partner states adopt the EAC Regional Electronic Cargo and Drivers Tracking System
01 Jun 2020Topic NewsServices trade facilitation and customsEAC Partner States have adopted the EAC Regional Electronic Cargo and Drivers Tracking System that will be hosted at the EAC Headquarters in Arusha, Tanzania.
The system is expect...
read moreThe impact of COVID-19 on African Oil Sector: A special report by AFREC on the implications on African Countries
01 Jun 2020Topic NewsTrade and the environmentThe Coronavirus (COVID-19) is bringing unprecedented changes to the world.
Its impact and the necessary response of governments will mean that the next one to two years at least w...
read moreSummary of Specific Negotiating Objectives for the initiation of United States-Kenya trade agreement negotiations
29 May 2020Topic NewsGlobal trade governanceIntroduction
On March 17, 2020, the Trump Administration notified Congress that the President intends to negotiate a trade agreement with the Republic of Kenya, in accordance with...
read moreSARS releases merchandise trade statistics for April 2020
29 May 2020Topic NewsTrade data analysis and visualisationThe South African Revenue Service (SARS) today released trade statistics for April 2020 recording a trade deficit of R35.02 billion. These statistics include trade data with Botswa...
read moreCOVID-19: Act now or risk ‘unimaginable devastation’ globally, warns UN chief
29 May 2020Unless countries across the world act together now, the COVID-19 pandemic will cause “unimaginable devastation and suffering around the world”, UN Secretary-General António Gu...
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28 May 2020Happening tomorrow:
The SADC Council of Ministers meets. They will review the regional guidelines for the harmonisation and facilitation of movement of critical goods and serv...
read moreCOVID-19 heightens need for pharmaceutical production in poor countries
27 May 2020UNCTAD and the WHO have teamed up to respond to the urgent call to boost local production of essential medicines in developing countries.
With more than 100 projects to develop a ...
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27 May 2020The inaugural virtual meeting of the Kenya-US Free Trade Agreement Negotiations Secretariat took place today, Kenya’s CS Trade and Industry Betty Maina has announced.
Ghana’s ...
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