Tag: Trade facilitation
Low shipping connectivity makes weaker economies more vulnerable
26 Oct 17 NewsIn a globalized world, trade, communication and finance depend on the possibilities for people, companies and societies to connect, and there is a growing rift between the best-...
Official launch of the Tripartite Transport & Transit Facilitation Programme (TTTFP)
26 Oct 17 NewsThe high ratio of landlocked countries, the long distances to gateway ports, the lack of an integrated and liberalised road transport market in the East and Southern African region...
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23 Oct 17 NewsToday, in Arusha: EAC Development Partners Consultative Forum on the 5th EAC Development Strategy. Concept note (pdf): The overall objective is to provide existing and potenti...
Trade liberalization without enhanced production is a recipe for disaster
23 Oct 17 NewsSpeaking at the official opening of the Ad-hoc Expert Group Meeting (AEGM) on 23 October 2017 in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe, UN Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) regional director for S...
Trade logistics and the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development
23 Oct 17 NewsCan transport and trade logistics make development more socially inclusive and environmentally friendly?
The fifth session of the Multi-year Expert Meeting on Transport, Trade Log...
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20 Oct 17 NewsDigital innovation in trade finance: have we reached a tipping point? (Swift)
The Boston Consulting Group published a white paper, to which SWIFT contributed, on digital innovatio...
E-Commerce elements for MC11: Communication from China
20 Oct 17 NewsSubmission to the World Trade Organisation Committee on Trade and Development ahead of the 11th WTO Ministerial Conference to be held on 10-13 December 2017 in Buenos Aires, A...
COMESA adopts revised RCTG Operations Manual
20 Oct 17 NewsThe Council of the Regional Customs Transit Guarantee Scheme (RCTG) has adopted the revised Operations Manual with amendments and decided that it should be circulated to all member...
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19 Oct 17 NewsFrom the UN’s Africa Week 2017: remarks by Amina J. Mohammed, United Nations Deputy Secretary-General
Today, regional blocks in South and Central America, Southeast Asia and Chi...
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18 Oct 17 NewsTomorrow, in Cape Town, a CCR Public Dialogue: Civil society’s region-building role in Southern Africa’s agro-processing sector
Tomorrow, in Accra, the launch of Imani Africa...
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...
Nigeria, major world economies consolidate progress on trade and investment facilitation
12 Oct 17 NewsThe group of WTO Friends of Investment Facilitation for Development (FIFD) pledged support for the success of the High-Level Investment Forum taking place in Abuja on the 3rd and 4...
Establishment of a Single African Air Transport Market: Ministerial Working Group Experts’ meeting
12 Oct 17 NewsThe Single African Air Transport Market is to be launched during the January 2018 African Union Summit. In preparation for the launch, the Experts of the Ministerial Working Group,...
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11 Oct 17 NewsTomorrow, in Entebbe: 25th Nile Basin Council of Ministers meeting
Joseph Stiglitz will deliver the inaugural Babacar Ndiaye Lecture: From manufacturing led export growth to a 21s...
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 ...
Senior government officials and experts to discuss trade facilitation in Southern Africa
09 Oct 17 NewsThe Economic Commission for Africa office for Southern Africa will organize the Twenty Third Session of the Intergovernmental Committee of Experts (ICE) of Southern Africa on the t...
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06 Oct 17 NewsApplications are now open for tralac’s e-course: Trade in the 21st Century – legal and policy considerations for Africa. Note the closing date: 11 October 2017
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Zimbabwe transit management system and the international best practice
04 Oct 17 DiscussionElisha Tshuma, Customs and Trade Facilitation Expert, discusses the challenges facing Zimbabwe with regards to transit cargo processing and customs management
Zimbabwe recently ga...