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Bilateral deal-making involving governments of Africa.

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Tripartite Free Trade Plan May Repeat Previous Mistakes
23-Apr-2011
With regional wheels rolling to put in place the envisaged grand tripartite free trade area (FTA), questions have arisen about whether it would be viable and increase competitiveness.
Turkey, Ethiopia to sign FTA, eyes $20 bln exports to Africa
11-Mar-2011 Today’s Zaman
Turkey will soon be launching talks with Ethiopia to sign a free trade agreement (FTA) with the eastern African nation, Turkish Foreign Trade Minister Zafer Çağlayan said on Wednesday.
Southern Africa: A region of winners and losers, not partners
1-Mar-2011 IPS
Critics want southern Africa to look at Latin America’s Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our America (ALBA) as an approach to achieving regional economic integration based on fulfilling basic human needs and the services that are required to meet them instead of trade liberalisation with the EU, within the BRICSA group (Brazil, Russia, India, China and now South Africa) or within the region itself.
Angola, DRC slow down FTA
21-Feb-2011 Southern Times
The SADC Secretariat has achieved little progress in getting Angola and the Democratic Republic of Congo to joining its trade liberalisation process, the Free Trade Area, which has been in existence for nearly three years now.
Establishing free trade zone
15-Dec-2010
Syria will sign the Framework Agreement on establishing Free Trade Zone with the Mercosur Bloc during the Mercosur summit to be held later this week in the Brazilian city of Foz de Iguazu with the participation of a Syrian delegation headed by Minister of Economy and Trade Lamia Assi.
India, Africa should deepen relationship: Kenya PM
16-Nov-2010 IANS
India and Africa can deepen their partnership on the basis of their deep historical ties, Kenyan Prime Minister Raila Amolo Odinga said Tuesday. "The next logical step is a move towards Free Trade Agreement (FTA)," he added.
Iran, Kenya to sign free trade agreement
26-Oct-2010 Press TV
Iran and Kenya plan to sign an agreement to promote relations in various fields of tourism and establish a free trade zone, Iranian Vice President Hamid Baqaei says.
Kenyan traders shun imports from EAC bloc
30-Sep-2010 Business Daily
Kenyan traders continue to buy most of their products from outside the East Africa region despite the free trade agreement signed with neighbouring countries, new trade figures show.
EAC, Turkey to Discuss Free Trade Pacts
11-Sep-2010
The East Africa Community and Turkey will discuss trade partnerships when they meet in a business forum between September 28 and 30.
Salone Sets for Better Market System
24-Aug-2010
Deputy minister of Trade and Industry has assured the people of Sierra Leone and ECOWAS states that her ministry with its trade partners will soon be more resourceful in market investment.

    Links

  • African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) legal texts and policy documents
    Tralac’s page on the African Continental Free Trade Area
  • SEATINI Uganda
    The Southern and Eastern Africa Trade Information and Negotiations Institute (SEATINI) is a regional non-governmental organization founded in 1996 soon after the WTO Singapore Ministerial Conference — mainly focusing on WTO, but also bilateral and regional trade negotiations in Africa.
  • SEATINI Zimbabwe
    The Southern and Eastern African Trade Information and Negotiations Institute (SEATINI) is an African initiative to strengthen Africa’s capacity to take a more effective part in the emerging global trading system and to better manage the process of globalization.