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Bilateral deal-making involving governments of Africa.

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Burkina Faso to be excluded from US-Africa trade deal - White House
18-Nov-2022 Africanews
The United States will exclude Burkina Faso from the trade agreement linking the world’s leading power to African countries, the White House announced Wednesday, November 2.
US firms to jet into Kenya in hunt for GMO trade deals
4-Nov-2022 The Standard
Representatives from 32 US agribusiness firms are set to jet into Kenya on Sunday as part of an American government delegation scouting for trade opportunities.
Fears Kenya deal with US could hurt regional trade
28-Sep-2022 The East African Business
The pursuit of a new trade pact between Washington and Kenya is eliciting old fears on whether it could hurt adherence to obligations under the East African Community, and hence continental ambitions for more commerce.
Kenya seeks temporary trade deal with US before full-fledged pact
16-Sep-2022 Zawya
Kenya is hoping for a temporary trade partnership before establishing a fully-fledged trade deal with the United States, Citizen Digital news portal reported, citing outgoing Trade and Industrialization Cabinet Secretary Betty Maina.
Kenya rattled as Britain rejects new EAC tariffs
16-Sep-2022 The East African
The UK has demanded that Kenya abide by the provisions of the Economic Partnership Agreement and that its exports to Kenya be exempted from the newly raised East African Community tax charges.
What Kenya seeks to unlock in UAE pact
15-Sep-2022 Business Daily Africa
The two countries- (UAE and Kenya) in July launched talks on United Arab Emirates-Kenya Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (UAEK-CEPA) to increase the volume of trade in goods and services and investment.
Hope for Kenya-US trade deal as Tai leads team to Ruto’s swearing in
12-Sep-2022 The Star
Kenya-US trade talks could soon be fast-tracked as the latter’s trade representative Katherine Tai, is expected to lead a delegation to President-elect William Ruto’s inauguration this week.
Supply chain analysis of AfCFTA
25-Aug-2022 Punch
An African supply chain that makes it difficult to move goods by water from Cameroon to Nigeria but easy to move goods from Cameroon to China and other countries is a threat to the regional integration plan.
EAC states challenged on trade agreements
25-Aug-2022 New Vision
The East African Community (EAC) partner states have been challenged to increase their volume of transactions under regional and international trade agreements.
Kenya’s GDPR-style legislation threatens US firms’ x-border data transfer model
24-Aug-2022 Pymnts
In the Kenyan context, Meta’s GDPR woes may be avoided if the U.S. gets its way in a proposed free trade deal between the two countries which is currently in discussions.

    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.