Tag: Trade facilitation
EU and UNCTAD kick-start project to help Angola diversify its trade
11 Apr 18 NewsThe four-year, €5.5 million ($6.9m) project will give strategic support to the oil-dependent African nation’s efforts to reignite growth and trade its way out of least develope...
73 firms join plan for fast EAC trade
09 Apr 18 NewsSome 73 companies are on track for expedited payment of refunds and reduced customs security checks after they enrolled in an East African Community (EAC) programme to promote regu...
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06 Apr 18 NewsA profile, from 2016, of Botswana’s youthful, new trade minister: Ms Bogolo Kenewendo
African trade policy event previews:
(i) Inaugural Indonesia-Africa Forum (10-11 April, Ba...
Intra-Commonwealth trade and investment to exceed US$1.5 trillion
06 Apr 18 NewsIntra-Commonwealth trade and productive greenfield investment is expected to reach US$1.6 trillion by 2020, in spite of the global trade slowdown caused by the 2008 financial crisi...
Pioneering One Africa: The companies blazing a trail across the continent
06 Apr 18 NewsAfrican business is integrating Africa – economically and otherwise. It has been a long time coming, and plenty of hurdles remain, but the economic integration of the continent, ...
Mauritius and China reiterate determination to consolidate economic and trade relations
04 Apr 18 NewsMauritius and China have reiterated their determination towards consolidating economic and trade relations by signing the agreed minutes pertaining to the first round of negotiatio...
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03 Apr 18 NewsTowards a Mauritius-China FTA: trade negotiations begin (GoM)
The first round of negotiations on the Mauritius-China Free Trade Agreement kicked off yesterday. The Head of the Mau...
Mauritius-China FTA to strengthen economic cooperation in various sectors
03 Apr 18 NewsThe first round of negotiations on the Mauritius-China Free Trade Agreement (FTA), kicked off yesterday at Maritim Resort & Spa, in Balaclava.
The FTA aims at creating th...
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28 Mar 18 NewsAfCFTA updates:
(i) Posted by the AU:Decision on the draft agreement establishing the African Continental Free Trade Area
(ii) Kenya’s Cabinet has approved the Africa Continen...
Gridlock at Kasumbalesa: COMESA steps in
28 Mar 18 NewsIn the past two weeks, cross border trade at the busy Kasumbalesa border crossing between Zambia and the Democratic Republic of Congo has been slowly heading to a standstill. This ...
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27 Mar 18 NewsAfCFTA special selection (2)
Trade and development events to diarise:
2018 Spring Meetings of the IMF, WBG (16-22 April, Washington)
53rd Annual Meeting of the Board of Governor...
EABC moots new strategies to benefit from African continental free trade zone
27 Mar 18 NewsRegional governments should move fast and expedite integration process to give the East African Community a competitive edge in the proposed continental free trade zone, the East A...
AfCFTA: AUC Chairperson calls on Member States to promote the image of a United Africa
20 Mar 18 NewsH.E. Moussa Faki Mahamat, Chairperson of the African Union Commission (AUC) underscored the need for Africa to speak with one voice as African Union member states embark on impleme...
African Union will enhance Free Movement and Single Air Transport Market during the Extraordinary Summit on the AfCFTA in Kigali, Rwanda
20 Mar 18 NewsThe Extraordinary Summit on the African Continental Free Trade (AfCFTA) held from 17-21 March 2018 in Kigali, Rwanda, will serve as a platform for the African Union to sign into ex...
First WCO Global AEO Conference in Africa opens in Uganda
15 Mar 18 NewsThe 4th WCO Global AEO Conference opened on the 14 March 2018 in Kampala, Uganda with more than 1500 registrations from over 95 countries to discuss dynamic developments ...
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14 Mar 18 NewsDiarise: SADC Council of Ministers to meet in Pretoria (26-27 March). Preparatory meetings start 22 March.
AfCFTA commentaries:
(i) ACBF’s Prof Emmanuel Nnadozie: Moving beyond...
WTO’s Trade Facilitation Agreement and Doing Business reforms: Are they related and how?
14 Mar 18 NewsSmall differences in the time and cost to trade can determine whether or not a country participates in global value chains.
In this respect, the World Trade Organization’s ...
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12 Mar 18 NewsFeatured tweet, @Trade_Kenya: PS Trade Dr Kiptoo this morning conducted an induction seminar for 11 newly appointed ambassadors on foreign policy, negotiations and economic diploma...
Informal cross-border trading – review of the simplified trade regimes in east and southern Africa
08 Mar 18 PublicationsThis Trade Brief presents a discussion of the importance of Informal Cross-Border Trading (ICBT) for socio-economic development in the east and southern Africa region. Althoug...
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05 Mar 18 NewsLast week’s North Gauteng High Court judgement on the SADC Tribunal case is posted (pdf)
Nigeria: 2017 Nigerian Annual Trade Policy Report (NOTN)
In 2017, in ECOWAS, the NOTN e...