China calls for closer trade cooperation amongst the BRICS The Chair of the China Association of International Trade (CAIT) has called on the BRICS members – Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa –... 22/07/2013
Reconciling agricultural aspirations with trade policy commitments in West Africa In its blog Talking Points in March, ECDPM highlighted the challenges faced in reconciling ECOWAS trade policy commitments (e.g. the recently agree... 13/06/2013
Charges of unfair export practices raise policy issue of balance between agricultural production and value-added processing In April 2013, according to regional press sources, Jamaican manufacturers accused Trinidadian exporters “of violating trade rules by misrepresenti... 13/06/2013
Barriers to intra-regional agricultural trade in West Africa reviewed In January 2013, a conference was organised by ECOWAS and USAID in Ghana on the free circulation of food products in that region. The objective was... 03/06/2013
ECOWAS CET finally adopted while producer organisations raise concerns ECOWAS, six years after its decision to implement a common external tariff (CET), formally adopted its CET at the WAEMU-ECOWAS joint technical comm... 22/04/2013
More balanced trade emerging within the EAC? According to an article in the East African press, a report commissioned by Kenya’s Ministry of the East African Community maintains that the growt... 06/04/2013
USDA review of Nigeria’s food and agricultural trade In November 2012, USDA published an Exporter Guide to Nigeria, providing a short review of Nigeria’s evolving food and agricultural trade, and asso... 04/03/2013
Agriculture should be target for support in East Africa The IMF has posted a review of East African integration after 10 years. The review, published in December 2012, is drawn from the proceedings from... 18/02/2013
Nigerian customs officials blame complexity of the ETLS scheme for low levels of trade According to Nigerian customs officials cited in media reports in July 2012, there is ‘no barrier hindering free trade between Nigeria and other We... 18/02/2013
First edition published of new annual report on West African trade The African Centre for Trade, Integration and Development (CACID) has posted a report on West Africa trade that aims to become an annual review. Th... 02/02/2013