Financial services (de-)regulation in trade agreements Part 1: GATS 1994 First services trade agreement Four modes of services trade Most important: mode 3, investment Market access and national treatment commitments via bottom-up approach Commitments can not be changed without...
Executive Director at the Third World Network Africa, Dr. Yao Graham is asking Ghana and other West African countries to demand for a renegotiation of the Economic Partnership Agreement with the European Union. This is because the decision by...
Introduction 1. Context and Contestations Power and Configurations in Africa Challenges and Opportunities The Role of Africa Trade Network and Civil Society Context and Contestation Role of the Continental Free Trade Areas in an arena of contestations and power...
DEVELOPING COUNTRY DEPENDENCY ON COMMODITIES 2011-2013 (UNCTAD) Commodities and “Africa Rising” Taking together agricultural commodities, timber, metals and minerals, and hydrocarbons, natural resources have accounted for roughly 35% of Africa’s growth since 2000. Resource-based raw and semi-processed goods accounted...
Outline Why the CFTA? Background The Road Map for Establishment of the CFTA Objectives of the CFTA Negotiating Structure and Stakeholders Participation Implications of MRTAs The Scope of the CFTA Challenges Policy Recommendations Why The CFTA? The CFTA is...