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Bilateral deal-making involving governments of Africa.

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FTA launch boost for regional integration
20-Aug-2008
The launch of the Sadc Free Trade Area is a momentous occasion for the region as it makes further strides towards regional integration.
SADC: Economists raise alarm over free trade area
19-Aug-2008 SABC News
Economists have warned of economic pain and even job losses in the short-term because of the historic Southern African Development Community (SADC) Free Trade Agreement (FTA) signed in Johannesburg yesterday.
Southern Africa: Angola to join free trade in two years
15-Aug-2008 AllAfrica.com
Angola will join the Free Trade Area (FTA) of the Southern Africa Development Community (SADC) in two to three years time.
Great expectations from expanded customs union
6-Aug-2008
A top businessman and some economists in Namibia are optimistic that the proposed Southern African Development Community (SADC) Customs Union will break down trade barriers in the region and create competition that will benefit the ordinary consumer.
EAC to carry out worker’s survey
5-Aug-2008
The East African Community is to conduct a regional manpower survey to establish the workforce base in the regional market ahead of coming into effect of the Common Market for East Africa in 2010.
Regional FTA to be born soon
5-Aug-2008
The signing of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) Free Trade Area is set for August 17, and member states want to walk into the signing occasion with all the fanfare and ceremony.
Barriers hamper trade within EAC countries
1-Aug-2008
Border barriers remain the biggest challenge to the realization of cross-border trading within the East Africa Community, EAC.
SADC free trade becomes a reality
1-Aug-2008
The long-awaited free trade area (FTA) for southern Africa will be launched on August 17 during the annual summit of the Southern African Development Community (SADC).
States sign new pact to clear trade barriers
29-Jul-2008
The East African Community (EAC) has signed an agreement that will remove non tariff barriers and allow free movement of food and trade in the region.
SADC not ready for customs union: Tralac
20-Jul-2008 SABC News
Business chambers from southern Africa believe that talk of a single Southern African Development Community (SADC) Customs Union - that would replace the Southern African Customs Unions (SACU) and Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (Comesa) - is premature until a SADC Free Trade Area (FTA) is fully in place.

    Links

  • 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.