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Bilateral deal-making involving governments of Africa.

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Migration issues a top priority in common market talks: EAC
15-Feb-2009
The on-going East African Common Market Protocol negotiations give migration issues priority, East African Community secretary-general Juma Mwapachi has said.
Nigeria gets 600 million euros EU grant for trade and regional integration
14-Feb-2009
The European Commission (EC) will give Nigeria 600 million euros to assist it in the areas of trade and regional integration, the head of the EC delegation to Nigeria, Mr. Dennis Theulin said here Friday.
Govt. allows free trade between Iran and Persian Gulf countries
10-Feb-2009 Tehran Times
Iran’s cabinet gave the green light for the signing of an agreement for free trade among Iran and the Persian Gulf Cooperation Council, announced a commerce ministry official here on Sunday.
Ministers pledge to remove trade barriers
6-Feb-2009
East African Community (EAC) Council of ministers has set up a monitoring mechanism to deal with non-tariff trade barriers (NTBs) that have ruined investor confidence.
New Syrian-Turkish economic ties forged
31-Jan-2009 IWPR
Syria and Turkey have recently bolstered economic relations by signing new agreements on trade, investment and finance.. Experts say the growing ties are in part a result of Ankara’s ambitions to expand into Arab markets via Syria.
Kenya, India strengthen bilateral trade
24-Dec-2008 African Manager
Kenya last week signed a new bilateral agreement with India, geared towards advancing trade, investment and technical cooperation.
Updates And Timelines of EAC Common Market Negotiations
12-Dec-2008
It is now a year and half since Rwanda and Burundi acceded to the East African Community (EAC). Things now seem moving faster.
Kagame raps EAC failures
12-Dec-2008
Lack of political will and enforcement of protocols and treaties is dragging the implementation of the regional integration process, the East African Community (EAC) Chairman and Rwandan President, Mr Paul Kagame has said.
EAC Common Market Talks Reach Agreement On Key Issues
12-Dec-2008
The 6th East African Community (EAC) Common Market talks ended Wednesday positively with negotiators reaching a consensus on new issues.
Southern Africa under spotlight to thrash out region’s trade policies
12-Dec-2008
Southern Africa is at a crossroads. While the rest of the world is heaving and buckling under the weight of the financial crisis, the subcontinent is battling to overcome centuries of colonial and other boundaries through adopting agreements about a free trade area.

    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.