TFTA
Depuis 2008, des discussions ont cours concernant la possibilité de fusionner les États membres du COMESA, la Communauté de l’Afrique de l’Est (CEA, 5 pays membres) et la Communauté pour le développement de l’Afrique australe (SADC, 14 pays membres). En 2011, des leaders des 26 pays africains membres de ces 3 communautés économiques régionales ont annoncé leur intention de négocier une zone de libre-échange tripartite qui engloberait plus de 600 millions de personnes et dont la valeur des échanges commerciaux est évalué à 1 000 milliards USD. Lors du Deuxième sommet COMESA-CEA-SADC, tenu à Johannesburg en juin 2011, les gouvernements ont adopté les principes, le processus et la feuille de route des négociations d’un tel accord. Le premier cycle de négociations avait eu lieu à Nairobi en décembre 2011.
Cette zone tripartite est considerée comme le premier pas vers une zone de libre-échange continentale africaine ou ZLEC.
dernière mise à jour : mai 2012
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11-oct-2018 Tralac COMESA welcomes SA’s ratification of the Tripartite FTA
South Africa has ratified the Tripartite Free Trade Agreement, becoming the fourth country to do so after Egypt, Uganda and Kenya. 10 more ratifications are now needed for the Agreement to enter into force. -
28-jui-2018 Daily Monitor Slow progress on Tripartite Free Trade Area hurting trade
The slow pace at which member states of the Tripartite Free Trade Area Agreement (TFTA) are committing to the bloc, has derailed the enforcement of the treaty and trade in one of Africa’s largest economic zones. -
11-mai-2018 Journal du Cameroun S/African gov’t approves African tripartite FTA pact, industrial action plan
The TFTA seeks to establish an enlarged market involving 27 member countries from the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa, the East African Community and Southern African Development Community. -
1er-fév-2018 Xinhua Botswana signs tripartite free trade area agreement
Botswana signed a tripartite free trade area agreement which marked a milestone in the trade agenda of the African Union. -
9-oct-2017 Defi Media Commerce : Maurice se joint à une zone de libre-échange tripartite régionale
Maurice se joint à trois blocs régionaux : le Marché commun de l’Afrique orientale et australe, la Communauté d’Afrique de l’Est et la Communauté de développement d’Afrique australe en vue d’une union douanière unique. -
11-aoû-2017 All Africa East Africa : Cabinet approves the ratification of the Tripartite Free Trade Area
The Ugandan Cabinet has approved the ratification of the EAC-COMESA-SADC Tripartite Free Area Agreement (FTA), paving way for the implementation of the Agreement. -
7-aoû-2017 Xinhua Official : African states to meet deadline to establish trading bloc
The Tripartite Free Trade Area will comprise 28 countries, cover approximately 18.3 million square kilometers and hold about 61 percent of the continent’s population. -
21-jui-2017 tralac Madagascar signs tripartite free trade agreement
The agreement brings together three regional economic communities – COMESA, EAC and SADC – into a single free trade area covering 57% of Africa’s population with a combined GDP of US$1.3 trillion as of 2015 -
17-jui-2017 Newsmada Zone de libre échange : Madagascar adhère à l’accord tripartite
Le gouvernement malgache a procédé à la signature de l’accord sur la Zone de libre échange tripartite (ZLE). A ce jour, 19 pays ont déjà signé l’accord. -
12-jui-2017 China.org.cn COMESA : la création d’une zone de libre-échange tripartite en bonne voie
Le marché commun de l’Afrique orientale et australe (COMESA) a déclaré que la création d’une zone de libre-échange tripartite avait pris un nouvel élan avec la signature de l’accord sur son établissement par de nouveaux pays. -
10-jui-2017 All Africa East Africa : Trade bodies move closer to free trade area - Officials
Nineteen countries have now signed the agreement. For benefits to actually be realized, it must be ratified by at least 14 of the 26 member countries. Only Egypt has ratified it. -
7-jui-2017 The New Times Regional ministers meet in Kampala over free trade area
Ministers from 26 African countries are meeting in Kampala in another attempt to see through overdue negotiations on the Tripartite Free Trade Area (TFTA). -
4-jui-2017 The Southern Times Few African countries ratify tripartite FTA
A paltry eight African have so far ratified the Tripartite Free Trade Area (TFTA) more than two years after it was launched in Egypt, raising fears of a failed continental effort to create an expanded trade barrier free market. -
17-mai-2017 GTR Africa’s free trade agreement : A step too far ?
Plans to establish a single market for the 26 African countries in the Eastern and Southern African region – known as the tripartite free trade area (TFTA) – could be overly ambitious. -
26-oct-2016 Nigeria Today SADC, EAC and COMESA seek to implement Tripartite Free Trade Area
The 10th EAC-COMESA-SADC Tripartite meeting opened in Nairobi to resolve issues that remain outstanding before the implementation of the Tripartite Free Trade Area. -
10-fév-2016 Comesa Business Council Regional dialogue set to ensure the inclusiveness of the private sector in Tripartite Free Trade Area Agreement negotiations
The inaugural Tripartite Regional Dialogue will ensure inclusive participation of the private sector in the Tripartite Free Trade Area (TFTA) negotiations. -
28-jan-2016 Business Day Participation in Africa trade deal tenuous
26 African countries signed the Tripartite Free Trade Area (TFTA) agreement. However, only three of Africa’s eight regional economic communities are participating in the TFTA. -
2-jan-2016 COMESA appreciates Tripartite FTA progress
The Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) Council of Ministers has appreciated the progress made so far in the negotiating process that include finalising the outstanding work in Phase 1 of the Tripartite Free Trade Area Agreement (TFTA). -
13-oct-2015 All Africa East African states agree on free trade area issues
The East African Community partner states have agreed on the outstanding trade issues under the Tripartite Free Trade Area (TFTA). -
22-sep-2015 Lexology TFTA : Pan-African free trade area announced
TFTA states that its aims include harmonisation and improvement of regional trading arrangements, enhancement of trade facilitation.
