UNITED NATIONS
    • Knowledge Service Section
    • About
    • Blog
    • Help
  • My Account
  • Knowledge Service Section
  • About
  • Blog
  • Help
Knowledge Repository
English | Français

44988 publications

Advanced Search
View Item 
  •   ECA IR Home
  • African Policy Centers
  • African Trade Policy Centre
  • African Trade Policy Centre
  • View Item
  •   ECA IR Home
  • African Policy Centers
  • African Trade Policy Centre
  • African Trade Policy Centre
  • View Item
JavaScript is disabled for your browser. Some features of this site may not work without it.

African Continental Free Trade Area: Phase II negotiations

Thumbnail
View
Phase II Negotiations
Download
Phase II Negotiations (415.5Kb)
Published
2018
Author(s)/Corporate Author (s)
United Nations. Economic Commission for Africa;
African Union Commission;
Share
 Facebook
 Twitter
 Linkedin
Metadata
Show full item record
Abstract
The ultimate objective of the ongoing negotiations on the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) is the creation of a single market for goods and services, facilitated by the free movement of persons. The trade liberalization agreed in Phase I of the AfCFTA negotiations, however, is not in itself sufficient to power African prosperity. Liberalization must be buttressed by improvements to economic governance on the continent. For this reason, and building on the momentum of Phase I, African negotiators are set to commence Phase II negotiations on investment, competition policy and intellectual property by the end of 2018. This negotiation process is expected to give rise to three separate sets of rules that, upon their ratification, will supplement the current protocols. Phase II issues will have profound direct and indirect effects on the private sector and African society at large. It is imperative that advocacy activities and stakeholder engagement accompany the negotiation process in order to ensure that the negotiated outcomes are well designed to support African prosperity and have legitimacy for subsequent ratification and implementation.
Citation
“United Nations. Economic Commission for Africa; African Union Commission (2018). African Continental Free Trade Area: Phase II negotiations. Addis Ababa. © UN. ECA. https://hdl.handle.net/10855/41722”
URI
https://hdl.handle.net/10855/41722
Collections
  • African Trade Policy Centre [2454]
 

Related items

Showing items related by title, author, creator and subject.

    Thumbnail
    Promouvoir la connectivité en Afrique: le rôle de l’Aide pour le commerce dans l’intensification des échanges intra-africains
    Nations Unies. Commission Economique pour l'Afrique. Division de l'intégration régionale et du commerce. Centre africain pour les politiques commerciales; Nations Unies. Commission Economique pour l'Afrique. Division de l'intégration régionale et du commerce. Centre africain pour les politiques commerciales
    “Nations Unies. Commission Economique pour l'Afrique. Division de l'intégration régionale et du commerce. Centre africain pour les politiques commerciales; Nations Unies. Commission Economique pour l'Afrique. Division de l'intégration régionale et du commerce. Centre africain pour les politiques commerciales (2017-10). Promouvoir la connectivité en Afrique: le rôle de l’Aide pour le commerce dans l’intensification des échanges intra-africains. Addis Abeba. © NU. CEA. https://hdl.handle.net/10855/24169”
    Thumbnail
    Le commerce électronique peut-il favoriser la croissance des petites et moyennes entreprises en Afrique ?
    Nations Unies. Commission Economique pour l'Afrique
    “Nations Unies. Commission Economique pour l'Afrique (2014). Le commerce électronique peut-il favoriser la croissance des petites et moyennes entreprises en Afrique ?. Addis Abeba :. © NU. CEA,. https://hdl.handle.net/10855/22553”
    Thumbnail
    Nations Unies. Commission Economique pour l'Afrique; Nations Unies. Conseil Economique et Social; Nations Unies. Commission Economique pour l'Afrique; Nations Unies. Conseil Economique et Social
    “Nations Unies. Commission Economique pour l'Afrique; Nations Unies. Conseil Economique et Social; Nations Unies. Commission Economique pour l'Afrique; Nations Unies. Conseil Economique et Social (2017). https://hdl.handle.net/10855/23967”
Browse
All of ECA IRCommunities & CollectionsTitleAuthorSubjectBy Issue DateECA Conference ProceedingsFlagship PublicationHas File(s)SpeechesPress ReleasesResolutionsBest PracticesThis CollectionTitleAuthorSubjectBy Issue DateECA Conference ProceedingsFlagship PublicationHas File(s)SpeechesPress ReleasesResolutionsBest Practices
My Account
My AccountRegister
Reporting Suite
Most Popular ItemsStatistics by CountryMost Popular Authors
A service provided by the Economic Commission for Africa - Contact Us - Send Feedback
Follow us: