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.
Third World Network Africa (TWN-Africa), a Pan-African research and advocacy organization, has charged the government to focus on developing a strong negotiation position, in order to benefit from the African Continental Free Trade Agreement (AfCFTA). This comes a day...
Title: EPAs Rules of Origin and the AfCFTA: Implications for the Dairy Sector in Africa Introduction Fifteen (15) Africa governments have signed, ratified and are in the process of implementing Economic Partnership Agreements (EPAs) with the European Union. All...
Title: Implications of Commitments in Non-Tariffs Measures under EPAs and AfCFTA: A focus on the Agro-Food Sector in Southern Africa Introduction Given the divergent tariff liberalisation commitments contained in the various sub-Saharan African EPAs will have implications for the...
Title: Complications in the Agro Food Sector in Africa: A challenge for the AfCFTA Processes and Implementation Introduction Complications in Africa’s agro-food sector especially poultry imports could pose a challenge to the AfCFTA processes and its implementation. a. The...
Title: Recent Trends in Europe’s Exports of Agro-food Products into Africa; Implication for Trade Policy Making in Africa Introduction The growing dominant trends of EU’s agro-food products on the African market and its implication for trade policy making in...
