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Talks between Kenya and Tanzania to resolve the non-tariff barriers affecting bilateral trade entered their second day today. For updates: @Trade_Kenya Concluding today, in Lagos:...

Trade Ministers resolve to establish BRICS partnership on New Industrial Revolution the dti hosted the third BRICS Industry Ministers’ Meeting in Magaliesburg on Wednesday, 4 Ju...

As directed by President Muhammadu Buhari, the Nigerian Office for Trade Negotiations (NOTN) conducted a nationwide, sectoral and industry-wide consultation and sensitization exerc...

The Global Infrastructure Hub, a G20 initiative, on 3 July 2018 published two reports that reveal an urgent need for infrastructure investment in 10 Compact with Africa countr...

Slowing population growth is expected to lead to decelerating demand for for food Global agricultural production is growing steadily across most commodities, reaching record level...

Updated: tralac’s AfCFTA Ratification Barometer UNU-WIDER has posted an early view of the forthcoming book Industries without Smoke-stacks: Industrialization in Africa reconside...

South Africa has signed the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) agreement with the African Union, which will pave the way for the country to benefit from inter-regional tr...

The State Council Information Office of China on Thursday released a white paper, titled “China and the World Trade organization”, highlighting China’s significant contributi...

Is there any hope of reducing informal cross border remittances – or are informal channels really that bad? The current global remittance market is estimated to be in the region...

Brief on Balance of Payments Statistics for First Quarter of 2018 The provisional Balance of Payments (BOP) estimates for Q1 2018 showed a significant improvement in the country...

BRICS Industry and Trade ministers meet this week in South Africa (4 and 5 July, respectively, pdf) Diarise: Launch of the AUC’s inaugural African Development Dynamics Report (1...

The supreme organ of the African Union, the Assembly, which comprises Heads of State and Government of all the 55 African countries, began its 31st ordinary session on 1 July 2018 ...

South Africa’s trade surplus widens in May South Africa’s trade surplus increased to R3.52 billion from aun upwardly revised R1.17 billion in the previous month and below mark...

Addressing a meeting of the Least Developed Countries (LDCs) Group on 28 June 2018, Director-General Roberto Azevêdo said WTO members need to build on the progress achieved on LDC...

Trade in goods between the United States and sub-Saharan Africa increased nearly six percent to $39 billion between 2015 and 2017, according to a report delivered to Congress on 29...

The Sixth Summit of Heads of States and Government of the Southern African Customs Union (Botswana, Lesotho, Namibia, South Africa and Eswatini, former Swaziland) took place on 29 ...

A reminder that the SACU Heads of State Summit took place today in Gaborone. SA’s President Ramaphosa will be accompanied by the Minister of Trade and Industry, Dr Rob Davies, an...

On 13 June 2016, the Senate referred the following matter to the Senate Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade References Committee for inquiry and report by 14 February 2018: Australi...

Speech by Deputy Minister of International Relations and Cooperation, Ms Reginah Mhaule, during the BRICS Stakeholder Engagement held on 27 June 2018 in partnership with ...

In a speech to the 33rd Session of the Executive Council of Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the African Union in Nouakchott, Mauritania, ECA’s Executive Secretary ...