Africa & Middle East
Bilateral deal-making involving governments of Africa and the Middle East.
Articles
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18-Jun-2018 Punch AfCFTA: Stakeholders seek safeguards against imports, dumping surge
Stakeholders in the Organised Private Sector have called for safeguards against a sudden surge in imports that may follow Nigeria’s eventual signing of the African Continental Free Trade Area agreement. -
15-Jun-2018 The New Times Singapore’s Deputy PM in Rwanda for a two-day working visit
Singapore and Rwanda will sign an agreement on bilateral investment treaty. -
11-Jun-2018 Connection ivoirienne Union Africaine: La Zone de libre-échange continentale s’écarte d’une libéralisation à outrance
Dans le principe du traité signé à Kigali en mars dernier, les pays membres vont s’ouvrir à hauteur de 90% sur certains produits. -
5-Jun-2018 Nan African ministers meet on free trade
African trade ministers have deliberated on the protocols to the agreement establishing African free trade area (AfCFTA), and the modalities for tariff liberalization. -
5-Jun-2018 Jordan Times Jordan to re-assess EU association, relaxed rules deals
Jordan is planning to conduct a study to assess the economic impact of the EU Association Agreement and the EU deal on relaxed rules of origin to Jordanian industries. -
29-May-2018 Ahval Jordan to end Turkish free trade agreement
The deal was suspended in March, but the following month Jordan announced it was willing to reactivate the agreement provided Turkey agreed to meet certain conditions. -
29-May-2018 Business Day The free trade myth
Eschewing the ACFTA and EPA may be a blessing in disguise for Nigeria. -
24-May-2018 ICTSD Ratification of African Continental Free Trade Area gets underway
African Continental Free Trade Area signatories are now beginning the ratification process, while also looking at the technical work needed to make the area a reality. -
15-May-2018 Business Daily Kenya rejects China-EAC trade pact
Kenya will not sign a free trade agreement that China has been negotiating with the East African Community (EAC) partner States since 2016. -
14-May-2018 La Tribune Afrique UA-ZLECA : le Ghana et le Kenya, les premiers à faire le pas décisif
Le Kenya et le Ghana ont déposé cette fin de semaine leurs documents de ratification de la Zone de libre-échange continentale africaine auprès de l’Union africaine. -
2-May-2018 Ghana Web Parliament ratifies free trade pact
Ghanaian Parliament has endorsed the new agreement establishing the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA). -
26-Apr-2018 This Day Eight lessons on imperatives of private sector-driven AfCFTA
It appears from all indications that the African private sector is either kept at the back door or yet to be given a pride of place in the AfCFTA process. -
18-Apr-2018 Jeune Afrique La Zone de libre-échange continentale, miracle ou mirage ?
L’Afrique doit encore trouver des alternatives à la mondialisation de type néolibéral. -
13-Apr-2018 This Day Nigeria may lose over 60% port revenue to AfCFTA, common ECOWAS tariff
The implementation of common ECOWAS tariff will make Nigeria lose businesses because it means that once a tariff is paid in one country, no other tariff will be paid in any other country in West Africa. -
12-Apr-2018 Lusaka Times Zambia will only sign up for African Free Trade Area after thorough engagements with local stakeholders
Trade Minister welcomes collaborations from various partners to create awareness and prepare the private sector and the common man for the agreement. -
10-Apr-2018 Daily Monitor Free trade and its pitfalls: Lessons for Africa
Despite having several trade and investment agreements from 1975, the inability for Africa to build substantial productive capacity has in effect rendered the continent a net importer, unable to meet even its own food requirements. -
10-Apr-2018 Arab News US-Bahrain food export agreement signed
Bahrain has agreed to continue to recognize US safety certifications for American food and agriculture exports to the Gulf nation. -
10-Apr-2018 All Africa Ghana: Government moves to deepen bilateral trade with Japan
The Finance Ministry of Ghana is leading a business delegation to Japan, expecting to boost bilateral trade and economic relations with Japan and to conclude the Ghana Japan Bilateral Investment Treaty. -
9-Apr-2018 SOL Clause de la Nation la plus favorisée, Zone continentale de libre-échange et APE intérimaires de Côte d’Ivoire et du Ghana
La clause de la nation la plus favorisée de leurs Accords de Partenariat Economique intérimaires oblige la Côte d’Ivoire et le Ghana à étendre à l’UE les avantages tarifaires consentis dans la Zone de libre-échange continentale. -
9-Apr-2018 SOL Most favoured nation (MFN) clause, the Africa’s Continental Free-Trade Agreement and the interim Economic Partnership Agreements of Ivory Coast and Ghana
The MFN clause of their interim Economic Partnership Agreements obliges Ivory Coast and Ghana to extend to the EU the tariff advantages granted in the Africa’s Continental Free Trade Area.
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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.
