- Negotiations
Bilateral deal-making involving governments of Africa.
photo: World Bank/CC BY-NC-ND 2.0
30-Jul-2014
Politico
US Trade Representative Michael Froman on Tuesday called for a new “compact” to boost trade and investment with sub-Saharan African nations, as President Barack Obama prepares to meet with 50 African leaders next week and Congress looks at renewing a 14-year-old program for the region.
27-Jun-2014
IRIN
As anticipated, the US government has reinstated preferential trade status for Madagascar on its 54th independence day anniversary, providing hope for the country’s embattled economy.
30-May-2014
New Era
South Africa’s negotiations with Brazil to sign FTAs to allow the import of cheap meat into South Africa will have implications for Namibia.
4-Mar-2014
Countries in the West African sub-region were yesterday reassured of the support of the United States in their quest to establishing a borderless trade environment in the ECOWAS region.
18-Dec-2013
Ventures
Ethiopia and Sudan recently concluded their third Joint Commission Meeting, signing 13 agreements including a Framework Agreement for Trade and Economic cooperation
31-Aug-2013
Southern Africa countries’ restrictive trade practices continue to undermine the potential gains of a regional free trade area (FTA).
23-Aug-2013
Tax News
A paper has been issued by the Heritage Foundation that urges Congress and the Obama Administration to work together to renew and upgrade the African Growth and Opportunity Act to set the stage for a free trade agreement between the United States and Africa.
16-Jul-2013
Namibia Dairies has applied to the Ministry of Trade and Industry for the introduction of ’Quantitive Restrictions’; a move that will limit the amount of imported dairy products into Namibia.
4-Jul-2013
IPS
If a Free Trade Area were negotiated between Africa’s two largest economies, South Africa and Nigeria, it would have a powerful effect across the sub-continent. However, there are concerns that such an FTA would give one-sided benefits to the South Africans.
3-Jul-2013
Al Jazeera
One major US-Africa issue was unresolved as Air Force One left Tanzania’s tarmac: the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA), a tariff-free trade deal that was devised during Clinton’s administration and expires in 2015, writes James Reinl for Al Jazeera.
Links
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Tralac’s page on the African Continental Free Trade Area
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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.
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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.
