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MAN kicks against Nigeria’s ratification of African free trade agreement
27-Jun-2018 The Guardian.ng
The Manufacturers Association of Nigeria (MAN) said the issues raised by major stakeholders, including those expressed by manufacturers, still remained unattended to.
AfCFTA: Stakeholders seek safeguards against imports, dumping surge
18-Jun-2018 Punch
Stakeholders in the Organised Private Sector have called for safeguards against a sudden surge in imports that may follow Nigeria’s eventual signing of the African Continental Free Trade Area agreement.
African ministers meet on free trade
5-Jun-2018 Nan
African trade ministers have deliberated on the protocols to the agreement establishing African free trade area (AfCFTA), and the modalities for tariff liberalization.
The free trade myth
29-May-2018 Business Day
Eschewing the ACFTA and EPA may be a blessing in disguise for Nigeria.
Ratification of African Continental Free Trade Area gets underway
24-May-2018 ICTSD
African Continental Free Trade Area signatories are now beginning the ratification process, while also looking at the technical work needed to make the area a reality.
AfCFTA: Annexes (May 2018)
17-May-2018 Tralac
The EU caught in the trap of Nigeria’s refusal to sign the West Africa Economic Partnership Agreement and the Continental Free Trade Area
7-May-2018 SOL
President Muhammadu Buhari of Nigeria very explicitly stated to the new Ambassador of the European Union that Nigeria was determined not to sign the Economic Partnership Agreement for West Africa.
Parliament ratifies free trade pact
2-May-2018 Ghana Web
Ghanaian Parliament has endorsed the new agreement establishing the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA).
Eight lessons on imperatives of private sector-driven AfCFTA
26-Apr-2018 This Day
It appears from all indications that the African private sector is either kept at the back door or yet to be given a pride of place in the AfCFTA process.
AfCFTA - Consolidated text (March 2018)
20-Apr-2018
Nigeria may lose over 60% port revenue to AfCFTA, common ECOWAS tariff
13-Apr-2018 This Day
The implementation of common ECOWAS tariff will make Nigeria lose businesses because it means that once a tariff is paid in one country, no other tariff will be paid in any other country in West Africa.
Zambia will only sign up for African Free Trade Area after thorough engagements with local stakeholders
12-Apr-2018 Lusaka Times
Trade Minister welcomes collaborations from various partners to create awareness and prepare the private sector and the common man for the agreement.
Most favoured nation (MFN) clause, the Africa’s Continental Free-Trade Agreement and the interim Economic Partnership Agreements of Ivory Coast and Ghana
9-Apr-2018 SOL
The MFN clause of their interim Economic Partnership Agreements obliges Ivory Coast and Ghana to extend to the EU the tariff advantages granted in the Africa’s Continental Free Trade Area.
Interview with Ndongo Samba Sylla
4-Apr-2018 bilaterals.org
Dr Ndongo Samba Sylla is an economist, researcher and programme officer at the Office for West Africa at the Rosa Luxemburg Foundation. In this interview, he analyses the African Continental Free Trade Area
African free trade, China’s ‘Silk Road’ big window for continent
29-Mar-2018 Daily Nation
China, being Africa’s largest trading partner, is a key factor and beneficiary of the continent’s development.
African Continental Free Trade Area: questions & answers
28-Mar-2018 Tralac
Compiled by the African Trade Policy Centre (ATPC) of the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) in association with the African Union Commission
SA wants more clarity before signing African free trade plan
27-Mar-2018 Fin24
The SA government wants more clarity on details related to the African Continent Free Trade Area. Unions warned that the agreement could lead to job losses.
African Union plans another summit In July for countries unsure about FTA
23-Mar-2018 Malaysian Digest
The African Union is to hold another summit in Mauritania in July when countries with reservations about signing the African Continental Free Trade Area agreement can make their choice.
Zambia says not ready for some protocols of continental free trade agreement
23-Mar-2018 Xinhua
Zambia did not sign the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) as it was still conducting internal negotiations on some protocols in the agreement.
44 African nations sign pact establishing free trade area: AU
22-Mar-2018 Capital News
The creation of a free trade area — billed as the world’s largest in terms of participating countries — comes after two years of negotiations, and is one of the AU’s flagship projects for greater African integration.