Information Brief on AfCFTA Third World Network-Africa October 30, 2020
SACU member states debate AfCFTA tariff concessions amidst economic realities in the region, as the January 2021 date for trading approaches
Coffee Beans being harvested
ATN is a coalition of civil society organizations, trade unions, researchers, and activists drawn from across Africa working on trade issues. Founded in 1998, ATN has worked on World Trade Organisation-related issues, the Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) and other trade and finance-related issues. It seeks to present a coordinated and continent-wide voice that articulates the views of the marginalized and offers alternate policy options relevant for Africa’s development. Notable events at which ATN made its mark included the Seattle, Hong Kong and Cancun WTO conferences where it successfully spearheaded African civil society efforts at preventing the imposition of inimical trade policies on developing countries by developed countries. ATN does its advocacy work at the national, regional, continental and international levels through lobby, capacity building, and campaigns among others. The coalition is currently made up of 50-member organizations from 30 countries in East, West, Central and Southern Africa. TWN-Africa is the secretariat of the Africa Trade Network.
African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) Negotiations
Overview of the AfCFTA Protocol on Trade in Goods in AfCFTA ECOWAS and AfCFTA Rules of Origin Role of the regional manufacturers Challenges and Recommendations
Information Brief on AfCFTA Third World Network-Africa 23rd September 2020
Outstanding work remains to be done within ECOWAS before AfCFTA can be operationalised, says Mr Tiemtore, Director of Customs, ECOWAS Commission Some three months to the official date of January 1, 2021, for the trading of goods under Africa’s...
Information Brief on AfCFTA Third World Network-Africa 15th July 2020
The main constraint to boosting intra-African trade is not tariff barriers per se but real productive constraints, says Ambassador Xavier Carim of South Africa. The main constraints to boosting intra-Africa within Africa’s Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) is not...
Third World Network Africa Webinar Series – The AfCFTA in the context of COVID 19
Introduction: What has changed and what will happen next? First of all, the crisis reveals some truths It is obvious that nothing can ever be taken for granted and that humanity, despite its technical and technological progress, remains vulnerable...