Draft resolution on the African Continental free trade area

Abstract

The Conference of African Ministers of Finance, Planning and Economic Development Draft resolution on the African Continental Free Trade Area. The Conference of Ministers, Recognizing the development potential of the African Continental Free Trade Area as a vehicle for achieving the goals set out in the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and Agenda 2063: The Africa We Want, of the African Union. The Conference of Ministers, Cognizant of the role of trade in the equitable sharing of public health goods and services, such as personal protective equipment, ventilators and vaccines, in the face of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) crisis, Recognizing the importance of re-envisaging trade to appropriately account for climate change and the emergence of the digital economy, including through the creation of green value chains and by effectively designing and utilizing a protocol on e-commerce to the Agreement Establishing the African Continental Free Trade Area.