Africa & Middle East
Bilateral deal-making involving governments of Africa and the Middle East.
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10-Dec-2018 Le360 Union Africaine. ZLECA: 13 pays ont déjà ratifié l’accord de libre-échange
Avec la ratification du Togo, ce sont ainsi 13 pays au total qui ont ratifié cet accord de libre-échange. -
7-Dec-2018 Fence Post US beef gains new market access in Morocco
Morocco has agreed to allow imports of US beef and beef products into Morocco, under the terms of the US-Morocco Free Trade Agreement. -
20-Nov-2018 Daily News Egypt signs framework document for negotiations on FTA with Eurasian countries
Agreement to create a continuous discussion on issues of bilateral, international economic cooperation of common concern. -
15-Nov-2018 Medias24 Maroc-USA: négociations à Rabat autour de l’accord de libre-échange
Les échanges ont porté, notamment, sur les questions relatives à la mise en œuvre de l’accord de libre-échange entre le Maroc et les Etats-Unis pour le volet agricole. -
8-Nov-2018 Vanguard Why we are worried over African Free Trade Agreement — Dangote, MAN, LCCI
Business groups have supported the Nigerian Federal Government’s delay in signing the African Continental Free Trade Area, stressing that adequate measure should be put in place to prevent dumping of goods into Nigeria and Africa countries in general. -
6-Nov-2018 Jordan Times Trade Ministry prepares to impose tariffs on Turkish goods
Jordan-Turkey free trade agreement’s termination comes after months of failed negotiations. -
5-Nov-2018 bilaterals.org « Nous devons édifier un rapport de force mondial des peuples contre les multinationales », affirme l’activiste sénégalais Guy Marius Sagna
Interview réalisée le 12 octobre 2018 à Tunis lors d’un séminaire sur le libre-échange en Méditerranée. -
2-Nov-2018 Daily Post Nigeria not in hurry to sign African free trade agreement – Buhari govt
Nigeria’s reluctance in signing the African Free Trade Agreement is based on the commitment to ensure that only what will benefit its economic interest is implemented as a policy. -
25-Oct-2018 La Tribune Zone de libre échange africaine : pour Buhari, les chefs d’Etat ont mis la charrue avant les bœufs
Pour le chef d’Etat nigérian, les pays africains auraient mieux fait de promouvoir dans un premier temps la compétitivité de leurs économies et de renforcer l’intégration des marchés, avant de rendre effectif l’accord de libre-échange. -
14-Oct-2018 Daily Post AfCTA agreement: Obasanjo bombs Buhari, says President’s hands too weak to sign
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo says President Muhammadu Buhari’s hands were too weak to sign the African Free Trade Agreement (AfCTA). -
13-Oct-2018 NewsDay Govt, business consult on Africawide FTA
Government has opened consultations with industry on rules of origin (RoO) for the ambitious African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) aimed at promoting duty-free flow of goods and services originating in the bloc. -
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. -
19-Sep-2018 Ammon Jordan, Turkey mull new free trade pact
Jordan and Turkey on Tuesday discussed prospects for sealing a new free trade agreement (FTA) following the Kingdom’s suspension of the previous agreement. -
12-Sep-2018 RFI ’Moving into the heart of negotiations’ for Africa’s free trade agreement
Some general concerns centre on the potential impact a continental free market could have on particular sectors of national economies. -
11-Sep-2018 La Quotidienne Le Maroc et les USA renforcent leur accord de libre-échange
La secrétaire d’Etat chargée du Commerce extérieur a examiné avec une délégation américaine les moyens à même de consolider l’accord de libre-échange maroco-américain. -
5-Sep-2018 Gulf Times Economic partnership pact with Turkey inked
Qatar and Turkey yesterday signed a bilateral economic partnership agreement, aiming at cementing trade exchange and easing restrictions on investments, trade in services and e-commerce. -
4-Sep-2018 Euractiv Africa prepares to drive a hard trade bargain with EU
Increasing trade between the EU and the ACP, particularly African countries, lay at the heart of the ambition of the Cotonou Agreement. But it has not worked out that way. -
31-Aug-2018 Vox Des parlementaires congolais et japonais raffermissent la diplomatie économique
Il est question de réactiver notamment l’accord de partenariat économique Congo-Japon qui date de 1974. -
30-Aug-2018 Tralac Joint release by USTR Robert Lighthizer and Kenyan Cabinet Secretary for Industry, Trade and Cooperatives, Peter Munya
United States Trade Representative and Kenyan Cabinet Secretary for Industry, Trade and Cooperatives announced the establishment of a US-Kenya Trade and Investment Working Group to explore ways to deepen the trade and investment ties between the two countries. -
29-Aug-2018 Premium Times US plans bilateral free trade agreements with African countries
The US is looking for African countries that would be interested in having bilateral free trade agreements with.
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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.
