SADC
Southern Africa Development Cooperation
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9-Nov-2018 Xinhua
Namibia in advanced stage of finalising EPA implementation plan
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.
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11-Oct-2018 Tralac
COMESA welcomes SA’s ratification of the Tripartite FTA
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.
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4-Oct-2018 Inside News
Maurice et le Pakistan veulent raffermir leurs relations bilatérales et rapprocher les populations
Maurice aspire à jouer un rôle stratégique entre l’Asie et l’Afrique, et offre, à cet égard, de nombreuses opportunités aux entreprises pakistanaises dans les marchés régionaux de la SADC et du COMESA.
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28-Jun-2018 Daily Monitor
Slow progress on Tripartite Free Trade Area hurting trade
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.
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26-Jun-2018 Xinhua
South African Customs Union, EU start talks on new economic partnership agreement with post-Brexit Britain
The Southern African Customs Union, Mozambique and the European Union have started talks to conclude a new economic partnership agreement with post-Brexit Britain.
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11-May-2018 Journal du Cameroun
S/African gov’t approves African tripartite FTA pact, industrial action plan
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.
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8-Feb-2018 APA
Le Mozambique rejoint l’Accord de partenariat économique SADC-UE
Le Mozambique a commencé à appliquer l’Accord de partenariat économique (APE) entre l’Union européenne et la Communauté de développement de l’Afrique australe (SADC), faisant de cet instrument le premier APE régional à être pleinement opérationnel en Afrique.
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6-Feb-2018 European Commission
Mozambique joins the Economic Partnership Agreement between the EU and Southern African States
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.
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1-Feb-2018 Xinhua
Botswana signs tripartite free trade area agreement
Botswana signed a tripartite free trade area agreement which marked a milestone in the trade agenda of the African Union.
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17-Oct-2017 Daily Maverick
South Africa fails to exploit free trade agreement access to massive EU market
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.
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9-Oct-2017 Defi Media
Commerce : Maurice se joint à une zone de libre-échange tripartite régionale
Maurice se joint à trois blocs régionaux : le Marché commun de l’Afrique orientale et australe, la Communauté d’Afrique de l’Est et la Communauté de développement d’Afrique australe en vue d’une union douanière unique.
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21-Sep-2017 Malaysian Digest
Namibia not ready for the Africa free trade area
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.
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6-Sep-2017 African Law Business
Singapore court sets aside award against Lesotho
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.
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11-Aug-2017 All Africa
East Africa: Cabinet approves the ratification of the Tripartite Free Trade Area
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.
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7-Aug-2017 Xinhua
Official: African states to meet deadline to establish trading bloc
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.
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24-Jul-2017 Southern African News
UK, SACU commit to trade relations despite looming Brexit
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).
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21-Jul-2017 tralac
Madagascar signs tripartite free trade agreement
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
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17-Jul-2017 Newsmada
Zone de libre échange : Madagascar adhère à l’accord tripartite
Le gouvernement malgache a procédé à la signature de l’accord sur la Zone de libre échange tripartite (ZLE). A ce jour, 19 pays ont déjà signé l’accord.
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17-Jul-2017 News Ghana
Namibia to sign trade related facility financing agreement
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).
