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The African single market takes a step forward as the African Continental Free Trade Area Agreement becomes a reality
6-May-2019 Hogan Lovells
Negotiators still need to agree on market access offers, rules of origin and specific commitments in trade in services.
Continental free trade pact comes into effect June
6-May-2019 Business Daily
Supporting instruments to facilitate the launch of the operational phase of the AfCFTA need to be finalised, including rules of origin, schedules of tariff concessions on trade in goods.
Interview with Ken Ukaoha
2-May-2019 bilaterals.org
Ken Ukaoha is the president of the National Association of Nigerian Traders (NANTS) and shares his view on the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA)
Africa Continental Free Trade Area to enter into force in July
30-Apr-2019 CGTN
The African Continental Free Trade Area will officially enter into force during the next Extra-Ordinary Heads of State and Government summit slated for 7th July 2019 in Niamey, Niger.
Will free trade make Africans sick?
16-Apr-2019 Project Syndicate
African governments must act immediately to address the AfCFTA’s potential negative implications for Africans’ health.
The African single market takes a step forward as the African Continental Free Trade Area Agreement becomes a reality
12-Apr-2019 Hogan Lovels
As a second step, negotiators will focus on rules pertaining to intellectual property rights, competition policy and investment, which they aim to finalise by June 2020.
Will Africa’s historic free trade agreement succeed?
8-Apr-2019 Al Jazeera
The African Union agreed last year to create a free trade zone on the continent but Africa’s largest economy, Nigeria, isn’t on board with the agreement.
Africa: How soon can the Continental Free Trade Agreement be implemented?
5-Apr-2019 All Africa
Among the key issues where negotiations are still needed include the rules of origin, non-tariff barriers, structure of implementation, schedule of concessions and tariff books.
Fresh push for states to ratify the tripartite FTA as deadline draws near
5-Apr-2019 EABW
The deadline set by the Tripartite Council of Ministers for member States of three regional economic blocs to sign and ratify the tripartite free trade area lapses this month.
Implementation of AfCFTA in Nigeria will increase unemployment among farmers – NANTS warns
3-Apr-2019 Independent.ng
The National Association of Nigerian Traders (NANTS) has warned that the implementation of African Continental Free Trade Agreement (AfCFTA) in Nigeria would increase unemployment among farmers, and farm workers in the country.
Africa’s free trade deal reaches required minimum ratifications
3-Apr-2019 The New Times
The Gambia became the 22nd country to ratify the agreement effectively helping meet the minimum threshold.
NANTS backs Buhari over trade agreement
29-Mar-2019 Daily Trust
The National Association of Nigerian Traders (NANTS) thrown its weight behind President Muhammadu Buhari’s refusal to signed and ratified the African Continental Free Trade Agreement (AfCFTA).
African free trade agreement one country closer to reality
25-Mar-2019 CGTN
The African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) is nearing reality as only one country is left to ratify the Agreement for the deal to reach the 22 countries required for the Agreement to effectively come into force.
Cotonou successor: EU-Africa relations at the crossroads
13-Feb-2019 Euractiv
Negotiators are hoping to break the back on talks for the successor to the Cotonou Agreement, which expires in May 2020, between the EU and 79 countries in Africa, the Caribbean and the Pacific (ACP).
Zim not yet ready for full AfCFTA
13-Feb-2019 The Herald
Zimbabwe should ramp up value addition and beneficiation of its products beforehand, says official.
The African Continental Free Trade Area: What kind of pan-Africanism?
6-Feb-2019 International Viewpoint
If this agreement comes into force, it is likely, because of the peculiarities of the insertion of Africa into the world capitalist civilization, to be among the worst of the free-trade wave that is underway.
The African Continental Free Trade Area: Free trade and pan-Africanism
4-Feb-2019 International Viewpoint
The entry into force of the AfCFTA is a decisive stage of the African Union’s neoliberal Pan-Africanist project.
Ethiopia approves AfCFTA as AU eyes Feb. 2019 implementation date
4-Feb-2019 Africa News
Ethiopia is the latest country to approve the African Union’s Africa Continental Free Trade Area, AfCFTA pact after the cabinet passed the deal.
Manufacturers insist “no to African free trade”
31-Jan-2019 News Agency of Nigeria
The Manufacturers Association of Nigeria has again warned Nigeria against signing the African Continental Free Trade Area to save Nigeria from being a dumping ground for foreign goods.
Why free trade will be a disaster for Africa
7-Jan-2019 Monde Diplomatique
African countries, backed by the EU, want internal and external free trade, which will wreck local agriculture, and rural economies and societies.