Africa
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13-Oct-2018 NewsDay
Govt, business consult on Africawide FTA
Government has opened consultations with industry on rules of origin (RoO) for the ambitious African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) aimed at promoting duty-free flow of goods and services originating in the bloc.
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12-Sep-2018 La Libre
Afrique: l’UE pour le libre échange
Le président de la Commission européenne a proposé de faire évoluer les nombreux accords commerciaux entre les pays africains et l’UE vers un accord de libre échange de continent à continent.
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12-Sep-2018 RFI
’Moving into the heart of negotiations’ for Africa’s free trade agreement
Some general concerns centre on the potential impact a continental free market could have on particular sectors of national economies.
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12-Sep-2018 Reuters
EU’s Juncker eyes Africa free trade pact
The European Union could one day look to take advantage of African efforts to forge a free trade area within the continent to work toward a comprehensive continent-to-continent free trade agreement.
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7-Sep-2018 Euractiv
Tensions grow over the future of the ACP group
The African Union wants to have a continent-to-continent dialogue with Europe, a change that could make the framework of the Cotonou Agreement implode and leave the Pacific and Caribbean states out in the cold.
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4-Sep-2018 China Daily
An FTA between China, African nations will boost global trade
Many have suggested that China and African countries, represented by African Union, should launch a feasibility study on free trade and investment facilitation negotiation.
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4-Sep-2018 Euractiv
Africa prepares to drive a hard trade bargain with EU
Increasing trade between the EU and the ACP, particularly African countries, lay at the heart of the ambition of the Cotonou Agreement. But it has not worked out that way.
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30-Aug-2018 TV5 Monde
Brexit : Theresa May veut parier sur l’Afrique
Theresa May veut que le Royaume-Uni devienne le plus gros investisseur des nations du G7 en Afrique. Quels sont les dessous de ce projet ?
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29-Aug-2018 Premium Times
US plans bilateral free trade agreements with African countries
The US is looking for African countries that would be interested in having bilateral free trade agreements with.
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28-Aug-2018 TV Bruits
Les accords de libre échange en Afrique
Interview réalisée durant l’Université d’été solidaire et rebelle des mouvements sociaux et citoyens.
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14-Aug-2018 New Dehli Times
Mauritius and Africa must avoid Chinese debt-trap
Mauritius is the first African country that launched the FTA negotiations with China; MoU over the Belt and Road Initiatives is under negotiation.
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14-Aug-2018 Punch
Should Buhari sign the African Continental Free Trade deal?
Six analyses from economists and stakeholders.
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9-Aug-2018 Deutsch Welle
EU-Africa free trade will create more imbalances, say critics
Germany’s development minister has sparked a debate by calling for EU tariffs to be waived on African goods. Critics question whether import duties are really the issue, or are there other barriers to trade?
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6-Aug-2018 Investig’action
L’œuvre négative du néocolonialisme français et européen en Afrique. Les Accords de Partenariat Economique Franc (APE) : De la Françafrique à l’Eurafrique
On ne parle plus que des APE et de moins en moins du dispositif de Cotonou, signifiant que les objectifs de libéralisation du commerce ont pris explicitement le pas sur ceux concernant le « développement » ou l’amélioration des conditions d’existence des populations.
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25-Jul-2018 La Via Campesina
Small–scale farmers of Africa and Denmark reject free trade agreements
Free trade agreements on farm products benefits primarily transnational corporations and furthers the industrialisation of agriculture. All at the expense of local food production.
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20-Jul-2018 ICTSD
US, African officials prepare for post-AGOA trade future
The United States wants to pave the way for a free trade agreement between Washington and sub-Saharan African countries.
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19-Jul-2018 Commodafrica
Au Sénégal, les produits agricoles non encore impactés par la Zone de libre échange
Les produits agricoles ne figurent pas dans le premier lot des secteurs économiques qui feront l’objet d’une libéralisation au Sénégal dans le cadre de la mise en place de la Zone de libre-échange continentale africaine.
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16-Jul-2018 Daily Post
Buhari gives condition to sign Africa free trade agreement
President Muhammadu Buhari says Nigeria will only be signatory to the Continental Free Trade Agreement if the nation’s national interests as well as regional and international obligations are balanced.
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13-Jul-2018 Medium
Déclaration du représentant des États-Unis au commerce extérieur, M. Robert Lighthizer, lors de la séance plénière d’ouverture du Forum de l’AGOA 2018
Le représentant des États-Unis au commerce extérieur affirme que le moment est opportun pour poursuivre les négociations d’accords de libre-échange avec les pays éligibles à l’AGOA.
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13-Jul-2018 All Africa
Africa: Statement of USTR Robert Lighthizer at the opening plenary of the 2018 US-sub-Saharan Africa trade and cconomic Cooperation forum (AGOA forum)
USTR Robert Lighthizer believes the time is right to pursue free trade agreement negotiations with AGOA eligible countries.
