Africa & Middle East
Bilateral deal-making involving governments of Africa and the Middle East.
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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. -
28-Aug-2018 TV Bruits Les accords de libre échange en Afrique
Interview réalisée durant l’Université d’été solidaire et rebelle des mouvements sociaux et citoyens. -
22-Aug-2018 Inside News Maurice sollicite le Japon pour un « auction market »
Le ministre des affaires étrangères mauricien a proposé à son homologue japonais un accord de libre-échange entre Maurice et le Japon. -
14-Aug-2018 Punch Should Buhari sign the African Continental Free Trade deal?
Six analyses from economists and stakeholders. -
8-Aug-2018 Medias24 Le Maroc autorise l’importation de la viande de volaille américaine
Ces importations s’inscrivent dans le cadre de l’accord de libre échange signé en 2006. L’entrée en vigueur a été retardée en raison des demandes marocaines de sécurité sanitaire. -
7-Aug-2018 Reuters Morocco agrees to accept US poultry: USTR, USDA
Morocco has agreed to accept imports of American poultry products for the first time, the US Trade Representative’s office and the US Department of Agriculture said, estimating initial annual shipments at about $10 million. -
1-Aug-2018 Africa News Eritrea, Nigeria, G-Bissau yet to commit to Africa free trade deal
According to the African Union Commission chairperson, Nigeria, Eritrea and Guinea Bissau have made no commitment to the AU’s Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) signed in Kigali in March 2018. -
1-Aug-2018 La Tribune Afrique L’Afrique à l’épreuve du libre-échange et de l’intégration commerciale
Partagé entre protectionnistes et partisans du libre-échange, le continent se trouve à un tournant en matière de doctrine économique. Mais que gagnerait véritablement l’Afrique à davantage s’intégrer commercialement ? -
26-Jul-2018 Vanguard African free trade agreement splits private sector groups
The Manufacturers Association of Nigeria urges the government not to bow to pressure into signing the African Continental Free Trade Agreement without addressing the concerns raised by stakeholders. -
25-Jul-2018 Punch Africa free trade not for Nigeria now
Because Nigeria does not quite have the infrastructure and capacity to efficiently manufacture most of its consumer needs, AfCFTA may stunt Nigeria’s quest to migrate from perpetually exporting primary goods and importing manufactured products, for which labour suffers the most assault.
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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.
