Tag: Trade facilitation
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13 Dec 17 NewsABCA call for papers: Examining the challenges and opportunities of firms’ productivity in Africa
Consultancy opportunity: Develop a SADC trade development and trade promot...
Public and private sector leaders exchange best practices to implement Trade Facilitation Agreement
13 Dec 17 NewsPublic and private sector leaders on 12 December exchanged insights on implementing the World Trade Organisation’s landmark Trade Facilitation Agreement (TFA) to fully reap the b...
Assessing the economic benefits of transit trade in Tanzania
13 Dec 17 NewsThe untapped potential of transit trade in Tanzania
Tanzania benefits significantly from transit trade, serving as a potential driver of economic growth, welfare and local enterpr...
WTO, World Economic Forum and eWTP launch joint public-private dialogue to open up e-commerce for small business
12 Dec 17 NewsA new initiative designed to drive public-private dialogue on e-commerce was launched on Monday, 11 December 2017 by the World Trade Organization, the World Economic Forum and the ...
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11 Dec 17 News2017 PIDA Week is underway in Swakopmund. Profiled, recent PIDA documentation: PIDA Progress Report 2017 (pdf); Evaluation of PIDA water projects and formulation of respective...
Slow implementation of African single aviation market irks experts
11 Dec 17 NewsAfrican governments have been urged to implement the deal to open up the aviation market on the continent agreed on 18 years ago.
The third ministerial working group meeting on th...
11th WTO Ministerial Conference – Buenos Aires: Resource box
08 Dec 17 NewsWorld Trade Organisation (WTO) members wrapped up their 11th Ministerial Conference (MC11) in Buenos Aires, Argentina on 13 December 2017, having brought together nearly 4,000 mini...
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04 Dec 17 NewsThe African Ministers of Trade ministerial concluded over the weekend in Niamey. The UNECA has released this summary of progress towards the CFTA: “Substantial progress was made,...
American Society of International Law: Symposium on Africa and the Future of International Trade Regimes
04 Dec 17 NewsOn September 30, 2025, the World Trade Organization (WTO) waiver that allows the United States to extend trade preferences to African countries under the African Growth and Opportu...
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01 Dec 17 Newstralac’s weekly e-Newsletter is posted. Featured content: (i) Preparing for Buenos Aires: can the WTO deliver on Nairobi promises?; (ii) tralac-KAM AGOA awareness workshops
An A...
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30 Nov 17 NewsIn Abidjan: 5th African Union-European Union Summit concludes: Investing in youth for a sustainable future
The 5th African Union-European Union Summit took place on 29-30 Nov...
African trade blocs urged to adopt pact and ease commerce
30 Nov 17 NewsMembers of African regional trading blocs have been asked to hasten implementation of the Trade Facilitation Agreement (TFA) to reduce cross border trade costs in a bid to grow eco...
Region in joint efforts to develop cross-border trade
29 Nov 17 NewsRwanda, Tanzania, Uganda, Burundi and the Democratic Republic of Congo officials have committed to work together in addressing challenges hindering cross-border trade in the region...
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28 Nov 17 NewsFeatured infographics: @TheEIU_Africa team forecasts Ethiopia as sub-Saharan Africa’s fastest growing economy in 2018. East African/Franc Zone economies feature in region’...
WCO/JICA East African Project concluded with more utilization of regionally developed pool of experts
28 Nov 17 NewsThe World Customs Organization participated in the 8th Regional Joint Coordinating Committee (RJCC) meeting of “The Project on Capacity Development for International Trade Facili...
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27 Nov 17 NewsFeatured tweet, Kenya School Of Revenue: Africa is far from integration when Kenya imports Zambian copper from China and Nigeria imports Kenyan coffee from London. We need to build...
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24 Nov 17 NewsFeatured tweet, @UNCTADKituyi:
Regional integration initiatives must be recast in light of sluggish global recovery, rising nativism, imperatives of sustainability and the dynamic...
Regional customs Directors-General meet to consider ECOWAS customs code
24 Nov 17 NewsThe Directors-General from the fifteen Member States of ECOWAS began their meeting at the ECOWAS Commission headquarters in Abuja, Nigeria, on the 23rd of November 2017 to con...
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23 Nov 17 NewsOn the CFTA’s scope: Ambassador Chiedu Osakwe highlighted the fact that historically, the CFTA would be the largest trade agreement in terms of members and potential since the co...
Information for Trade (InfoTrade) in Kenya web portal officially launched in a bid to ensure international trade efficiency
23 Nov 17 NewsIt will now take a trader a maximum of 5 minutes to access summarised information on international trade procedures in Kenya
Traders in Kenya stand to benefit from increased effic...