Africa & Middle East

Bilateral deal-making involving governments of Africa and the Middle East.

photo: World Bank/CC BY-NC-ND 2.0

Agriculture Sector Network ASNET welcomes UK-Kenya Free Trade Agreement

7-Apr-2021 Fresh Plaza

Kenya agriculture sector umbrella body, The Agriculture Sector Network, ASNET, has lauded the recently ratified Economic Partnership Agreement between Kenya and UK saying it will go a long way in boosting economic development and job creation.

Biden team set to review Kenya, Trump trade talks

7-Apr-2021 The East African

The Biden administration will review bilateral trade negotiations and targets that ex-President Donald Trump regime made with Kenya last year over a potential free trading deal. The start of the trade talks could be delayed.

SADC urges Member States to sign and ratify AfCFTA and TFTA

5-Apr-2021 SADC

The Council of Ministers of the Southern African Development Community has urged Member States that have not yet signed and ratified the AfCFTA and the TFTA to do so to allow for the implementation of the agreements.

Govt to reopen negotiations on Bilateral Investment Treaty with Japan

1-Apr-2021 Ghana Web

The government of Ghana has expressed its interest in concluding the negotiations with Japan on the Bilateral Investment Treaty (BIT), which has been pending since April 2014.

Cameroonian deputies oppose signing the agreement

1-Apr-2021 Swords Today

Some deputies did not approve the signing of the bilateral agreement between Cameroon and the UK.

Kenya-UK finally give life to trade deal

24-Mar-2021 The Star

The EPA was approved for ratification by the Houses of Parliament in Kenya and the UK earlier this month.

Kenya now eyes UK talks on free trade in services

24-Mar-2021 Business Daily

Kenya has set its sights on fresh talks with the United Kingdom on free trade in services such as money transfers after the pact ensuring continuity in tax- and quota-free trade in goods was enforced yesterday.

Botswana’s relations with China continue to deepen

24-Mar-2021 China Daily

Diplomatic relations between China and Botswana have grown significantly this year, with the African nation becoming the 46th country on the continent to sign a memorandum of understanding on the China-proposed Belt and Road Initiative.

Kenya must up industrial game to survive trade deal with UK

17-Mar-2021 The Star

About 82.6% of goods and services originating from the UK will benefit from preferential access to the Kenyan market. KAM says the country must improve her manufacturing competitiveness ahead of the trade liberalization.

Kenya Flower Council pushes for approval of the Kenya-UK trade deal to guarantee export of flowers to the UK

17-Mar-2021 Hapa Kenya

Kenya Flower Council (KFC) has expressed its support for the immediate approval of the Kenya-UK trade deal signed on December 8 2020.

0 | 10 | 20 | 30 | 40 | 50 | 60 | 70 | 80 | ... | 570

Africa & Middle East

Links

African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) legal texts and policy documents

SEATINI Uganda

SEATINI Zimbabwe

Últimos artículos en español

Empresas de EU demandarán a México por parquímetros

Estadounidense Riverside Coffee presenta arbitraje contra Nicaragua en CIADI

Reforma de derecho de la inversión desde cero: extractivismo, derechos humanos y tratados de inversión

Derniers articles en français

Bénin – Nigeria : vers une zone de libre-échange commune

Accord UE-Chine : l’UE rassure les investisseurs au mépris des droits humains

La refonte du droit de l’investissement à partir de la base : l’extractivisme, les droits humains et les traités d’investissement