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Southern Africa: Brazil, EU dump poultry in Sacu ... Implications and lessons for Namibia
8-Apr-2022 AllAfrica.com
Poultry products dumped into SACU from Brazil, Denmark, Ireland, Poland and Spain are causing a material injury and a threat of material injury to the SACU poultry industry.
UK backs Africa’s ambitious continental free trade initiative
29-Mar-2022 UK Government
UK launches programme of up to £35m to support negotiations and implementation of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA).
Tuna industry to take advantage of Africa Continental Free Trade Area
22-Mar-2022 Ghana News Agency
The Ghana Tuna Association has set-out modalities to take advantage of opportunities being offered through the Africa Continental Free Trade Area to expand its production and market for Tuna consumption in Africa.
EAC eyes trade-in-services under AfCFTA Agreement
4-Mar-2022 The Citizen
The East African Community (EAC) is developing a strategy to boost trade-in-services, which will position the bloc better in the negotiations of service liberalisation at the continental level.
Civil society position on the East African Community (EAC)-European Union (EU) economic partnership agreement (EPA)
2-Mar-2022 Seatini
We the members of the East African Trade Network (EATN) call upon the Government of Tanzania and the East African Community (EAC) not to waver and be stampeded into signing the EPA.
I confess, I am an AfCFTA sceptic
1-Mar-2022 The Africa Report
I do not share the view that the AfCFTA is the solution to Africa’s low level of intra-Africa trade. Neither do I believe that it will trigger the great transformation of Africa’s economies that its advocates assert it will.
Lopsided EU trade agreements are harming Africa
4-Feb-2022 African Business
Africa needs a more equal trade relationship with Europe where African countries are treated as partners, not serfs, argues Uganda’s presidential advisor on exports.
AfCFTA members conclude negotiations on rules of origin to enhance free trade
1-Feb-2022 Xinhua
Member states of the African Continental Free Trade Area concluded their negotiations on rules of origin, covering 87.7 percent of goods on the tariff lines of the AU member states.
Ghana and Rwanda sign agreement to deepen bilateral trade relations
28-Jan-2022 My Joy Online
Ghana has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Rwanda to deepen bilateral trade relations between the two countries.
UK-Africa summit closes with millions in ‘misguided’ investment
26-Jan-2022 African Business
Grand UK investments in Africa’s green energy transition are more focussed on boosting British exports in an ’unsustainable’ trade relationship,’ development experts say.
AfCFTA is an attractive venture for American investors – Stephanie Sulivan
19-Jan-2022 Ghana Web
The AfCFTA can truly make Ghana a gateway for the African market. US companies already see the opportunity, said US Ambassador to Ghana.
Taiwan electronics sector looking for business opportunities in Nigeria
10-Jan-2022 Taiwan News
Taiwan hopes to update 1994 investment agreement.
The AfCFTA Investment Protocol: preparations for the negotiations and expectations
29-Dec-2021 Tralac
The preparations for the negotiations of the Investment Protocol under the AfCFTA agreement (The Agreement) are already underway though still in the early stages.
When free trade is not free
21-Dec-2021 Mail & Guardian
If the states of the world take seriously their own rhetorical commitments to climate change mitigation, job creation, and sustainable development, they must reject the free trade paradigm.
After one year of trading, is AfCFTA losing momentum?
20-Dec-2021 African Business
In terms of negotiations rules of origin, tariff schedules, trade in services commitments and non-tariff barriers have to be finalised.
Investment governance in Africa to support climate resilience and decarbonization
13-Dec-2021 Afronomics Law
African nations should not be expected to take the lead in addressing a climate emergency they did not create. The priority for Africa is to receive support and investment to build resilience and adapt to climate impacts.
AIO seeks insurance sector’s integration into AfCFTA
11-Dec-2021 Punch
The President of African Insurance Organization, Mr Tope Smart, has said the organisation is examining how the insurance sector can best integrate into the African Continental Free Trade Area.
Africa: Dangote Group calls for ports’ reforms to enhance AfCFTA
7-Dec-2021 All Africa
The Commercial Operations Officer, Dangote Group, yesterday called for the reform at ports in Africa as well as the ease of regulations and bureaucracy, in order to realise benefits of the African Continental Free Trade Area agreement.
Africa: a false start for Africa’s free trade deal?
5-Dec-2021 All Africa
To sustain momentum after the AfCFTA’s January launch, traders must be kept in the loop about why implementation is slow.
Huge potential to boost Arab-Africa trade
5-Dec-2021 African Business
Arab-African trade has enormous potential but is held back by a number of bottlenecks. The Second Arab-Africa Trade Forum in Cairo revealed new ways to take trade forward.