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Assessment of progress on regional integration in Africa
(2013-03)
This report is intended to capture the progress made in key integration areas, such as trade, investment promotion, infrastructure, the free movement of persons, macroeconomic convergence, agriculture and food security, ...
CFTA negotiations intensify as deadline looms
(2017-11)
David Luke who coordinates the African Trade Policy Centre at the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) said that the month of November was characterized by a series of meetings by the CFTA Technical Working Groups, the ...
Les négociations de l’OMC sur le traitement spécial et différencié (paragraphe 44)
(2017-01)
Après la fin de la Seconde Guerre mondiale, les principaux pays commerçants de l’époque souhaitaient créer une organisation internationale du commerce (OIC). Leurs efforts ont échoué et, en solution de rechange, l’Accord ...
La zone de libre-échange continentale: questions et réponses
(2018-01)
La Zone de libre-échange continentale (ZLEC) est un projet phare de l’Agenda 2063. Elle a été approuvée par le Sommet de l’Union africaine et est considérée comme une initiative urgente dont la mise en oeuvre immédiate ...
African Chambers of Commerce discuss private sectors' engagement and opportunities in the CFTA
(2017-09)
The CFTA provides the African continent with an opportunity to increase trade flows among its member states, create decent jobs and lift its people out of poverty. The private sector is at the very heart of that effort. ...
How ‘AGOA 2.0.’ could be different: outlining Africa’s position on the AGOA review process a white paper
(2014-04)
The African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) was signed into law in May 2000 as Title 1 of the Trade and Development Act of 2000. As the most portentous trade program the United States has with Africa, AGOA was designed ...
Best practices in regional integration in Africa
(2012-09)
Regional integration remains a key strategy for advancing Africa’s socio-economic endeavours. Regional integration, which refers to the unification of nation States, provides the countries with large
economies of scale, ...
The AfCFTA in a changing trade landscape
(2018)
The African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) is being negotiated in an evolving trade landscape. These “external factors” act as critical junctures in the political economy of the CFTA. They may offer windows of ...
ATPC Conducting a Workshop on Non-tariff Barriers to Trade
(2010-04)
The African Trade Policy Centre (ATPC) of the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) is holding a workshop on non-tariff barriers to trade (NTBs) in Nairobi, Kenya from 14 – 16 April. The workshop is being ...
Une approche de la ZLECA avantageuse pour tous: politiques critiques
(2018)
Les obstacles non tarifaires constituent des entraves au commerce et sont particulièrement coûteux en Afrique. Il s’agit notamment des interdictions d’importation, de documents et conditions injustifiés, de contrôles ...