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Bilateral deal-making involving governments of Africa.

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Angola, United States sign Trade and Investment Framework Agreement
21-May-2009 AllAfrica.com
On 19 May, US Trade Representative Ronald Kirk and Angola Minister of External Affairs Assunção Afonso de Sousa dos Anjos signed a Trade and Investment Framework Agreement (TIFA) that will provide a forum to address trade issues and help enhance trade and investment relations between the United States and Angola.
Angola, US to sign trade agreement next week
15-May-2009 Reuters
Angola, which rivals Nigeria as Africa’s biggest oil producer, and the United States will sign a trade and investment deal next week to boost bilateral trade, the US ambassador to Angola was cited as saying on Tuesday.
Rwanda: US trade to be strengthened
1-May-2009 AllAfrica.com
In 2006, Rwanda and the United States signed a Trade and Investment Framework Agreement (TIFA), aimed at giving Rwanda the opportunity to take advantage of the US market through duty-free exports. Results: Rwandan exports to the USA have grown by 8%, while imports from America went up by 27%.
Sacu-Turkey free-trade agreement
1-May-2009 Engineering News
South Africa’s Department of Trade and Industry intends to embark on a study into the potential for a free-trade agreement between the Southern African Customs Union and Turkey.
EAC seeks trade in services with EU
1-Mar-2009 EABW
Business leaders from East Africa have commenced discussions on how best the five member states of East Africa can export services to European markets under the current Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) negotiations.
EU commissioner: EU-Syrian partnership agreement to be approved soon
17-Feb-2009
Visiting European Union (EU) Commissioner for External Affairs and Neighborhood Policy Benita Ferrero-Waldner said here Monday that a long-delayed partnership agreement between the EU and Syria would be approved soon.
Migration issues a top priority in common market talks: EAC
15-Feb-2009
The on-going East African Common Market Protocol negotiations give migration issues priority, East African Community secretary-general Juma Mwapachi has said.
Nigeria gets 600 million euros EU grant for trade and regional integration
14-Feb-2009
The European Commission (EC) will give Nigeria 600 million euros to assist it in the areas of trade and regional integration, the head of the EC delegation to Nigeria, Mr. Dennis Theulin said here Friday.
Govt. allows free trade between Iran and Persian Gulf countries
10-Feb-2009 Tehran Times
Iran’s cabinet gave the green light for the signing of an agreement for free trade among Iran and the Persian Gulf Cooperation Council, announced a commerce ministry official here on Sunday.
Ministers pledge to remove trade barriers
6-Feb-2009
East African Community (EAC) Council of ministers has set up a monitoring mechanism to deal with non-tariff trade barriers (NTBs) that have ruined investor confidence.

    Links

  • African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) legal texts and policy documents
    Tralac’s page on the African Continental Free Trade Area
  • SEATINI Uganda
    The Southern and Eastern Africa Trade Information and Negotiations Institute (SEATINI) is a regional non-governmental organization founded in 1996 soon after the WTO Singapore Ministerial Conference — mainly focusing on WTO, but also bilateral and regional trade negotiations in Africa.
  • SEATINI Zimbabwe
    The Southern and Eastern African Trade Information and Negotiations Institute (SEATINI) is an African initiative to strengthen Africa’s capacity to take a more effective part in the emerging global trading system and to better manage the process of globalization.