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Post-Brexit: What’s holding up a trade arrangement between SA and the UK?
14-Mar-2019 Fin24
The SA government has been working in the background to ensure that trade arrangements with the UK and EU are uninterrupted while the UK exits from the EU.
Update on the negotiations of a rollover Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) between the Southern African Customs Union (SACU) and Mozambique and the United Kingdom (UK)
18-Feb-2019 Tralac
To avoid trade disruption, SACU+Mozambique and UK have decided to roll-over the EPA into a standalone trade agreement with the UK.
South Africa deposits the instrument of ratification of the agreement establishing the Tripartite Free Trade Area (TFTA)
13-Dec-2018 Africa News
The deposit of the instrument means that South Africa has formally and legally committed to the TFTA.
Namibia in advanced stage of finalising EPA implementation plan
9-Nov-2018 Xinhua
Namibia’s Presidential Advisor for Private Sector said that Namibia is at an advanced stage of finalising the Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) implementation plan and has begun implementing the plan’s crucial aspects.
COMESA welcomes SA’s ratification of the Tripartite FTA
11-Oct-2018 Tralac
South Africa has ratified the Tripartite Free Trade Agreement, becoming the fourth country to do so after Egypt, Uganda and Kenya. 10 more ratifications are now needed for the Agreement to enter into force.
Slow progress on Tripartite Free Trade Area hurting trade
28-Jun-2018 Daily Monitor
The slow pace at which member states of the Tripartite Free Trade Area Agreement (TFTA) are committing to the bloc, has derailed the enforcement of the treaty and trade in one of Africa’s largest economic zones.
South African Customs Union, EU start talks on new economic partnership agreement with post-Brexit Britain
26-Jun-2018 Xinhua
The Southern African Customs Union, Mozambique and the European Union have started talks to conclude a new economic partnership agreement with post-Brexit Britain.
S/African gov’t approves African tripartite FTA pact, industrial action plan
11-May-2018 Journal du Cameroun
The TFTA seeks to establish an enlarged market involving 27 member countries from the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa, the East African Community and Southern African Development Community.
Mozambique joins the Economic Partnership Agreement between the EU and Southern African States
6-Feb-2018 European Commission
The Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) between the European Union and the Southern Africa Development Community (SADC) became the first regional EPA in Africa to be fully operational after its implementation by Mozambique.
Botswana signs tripartite free trade area agreement
1-Feb-2018 Xinhua
Botswana signed a tripartite free trade area agreement which marked a milestone in the trade agenda of the African Union.
South Africa fails to exploit free trade agreement access to massive EU market
17-Oct-2017 Daily Maverick
So-called SPS – Sanitary and Phyto-sanitary – issues identified as the main culprit. "Sometimes ostensible SPS issues were in fact disguised trade protectionism," said South Africa Trade Minister.
Namibia not ready for the Africa free trade area
21-Sep-2017 Malaysian Digest
Namibia is not ready to engage in the proposed African Continent Free Trade Area (CFTA), said the stakeholders present at the national level consultation on the initiative.
Singapore court sets aside award against Lesotho
6-Sep-2017 African Law Business
The Singapore High Court has set aside an investor-state arbitral award on the merits against the Kingdom of Lesotho. The case is an important one, as it concerns whether investors can use arbitration to resolve cases that were pending before the SADC Tribunal when it was dissolved by the SADC Summit in 2014.
East Africa: Cabinet approves the ratification of the Tripartite Free Trade Area
11-Aug-2017 All Africa
The Ugandan Cabinet has approved the ratification of the EAC-COMESA-SADC Tripartite Free Area Agreement (FTA), paving way for the implementation of the Agreement.
Official: African states to meet deadline to establish trading bloc
7-Aug-2017 Xinhua
The Tripartite Free Trade Area will comprise 28 countries, cover approximately 18.3 million square kilometers and hold about 61 percent of the continent’s population.
UK, SACU commit to trade relations despite looming Brexit
24-Jul-2017 Southern African News
The United Kingdom has reaffirmed its commitment to continue trading with SADC EPA countries under the current trade arrangement despite its withdrawal from the European Union (EU).
Madagascar signs tripartite free trade agreement
21-Jul-2017 tralac
The agreement brings together three regional economic communities – COMESA, EAC and SADC – into a single free trade area covering 57% of Africa’s population with a combined GDP of US$1.3 trillion as of 2015
Namibia to sign trade related facility financing agreement
17-Jul-2017 News Ghana
Namibia will soon sign the Trade Related Facility Financing Agreement with the SADC Secretariat to enable the country to develop a plan for implementing the EU Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA).
East Africa: Trade bodies move closer to free trade area - Officials
10-Jul-2017 All Africa
Nineteen countries have now signed the agreement. For benefits to actually be realized, it must be ratified by at least 14 of the 26 member countries. Only Egypt has ratified it.
Regional ministers meet in Kampala over free trade area
7-Jul-2017 The New Times
Ministers from 26 African countries are meeting in Kampala in another attempt to see through overdue negotiations on the Tripartite Free Trade Area (TFTA).