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Bilateral deal-making involving governments of Africa.

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EAC states risk losing ties in other trade blocs
24-Jan-2005 AllAfrica.com
Clarity Consultancy said the three EAC countries - Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania - could lose their preferential treatment in other economic blocs since the new pact does not allow affiliate parties to participate in other economic arrangements.
Ethio-Turkey joint commission negotiates on FTA
20-Jan-2005 AllAfrica.com
The Ethio-Turkey Economic Commission has taken deliberations on Free Trade Agreement (FTA).
Mending broken fences
16-Jan-2005
It seems neighbours Malawi and Zimbabwe are kissing and making up after a couple of years of strained trade relations.
Tefron’s Yosef Shiran: Free trade agreement a death blow to local textile industry
12-Dec-2004 Globes [online]
Delta Galil Industries chairman Dov Lautman, currently in London, told "Globes" this morning that the free trade agreement with Egypt was not only an economic achievement, but also a major political one. "The agreement will contribute to Israel’s economy, and to political reality in the Middle East."
SA near to clinching another trade deal
24-Nov-2004 AllAfrica.com
SACU’s deal with Efta will be a scaled-down version of the original: Efta members have agreed to Sacu’s request to shelve complex issues such as government procurement, intellectual property and investment.
US Senator: Egypt, US free trade agreement negotiations begin soon
13-Nov-2004 Arabic News
Chairman of the US Congress Budged Committee Senator Bill Thomas said Egypt-US Free Trade Area (FTA) talks would soon begin.
No carrots, all stick
8-Nov-2004 Mother Jones
The tentative agreement reached between the EU and Iran yesterday on uranimum enrichment hinges on an EU pledge to resume suspended negotiations on a Trade and Cooperation Agreement [read: FTA] between Iran and the EU.
To stay healthy, US-Saudi ties need attention
5-Nov-2004
Over the past year, the George W. Bush administration has prepared a comprehensive political and economic reform initiative aimed at promoting democracy in the Middle East.
EU and Syria initial long-awaited association pact
20-Oct-2004 EU Business
The European Union and Syria have initialled an association agreement that commits both sides to work towards free trade — as well as against weapons of mass destruction and terrorism.
Suspend trade talks with China, says Cosatu
24-Sep-2004
South Africa’s trade negotiations with China should be suspended until their effect on the local economy had been studied, the Congress of South African Trade Unions (Cosatu) said on Friday.

    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.