Pacific PACER-Plus trade talks continue From 29 to 30 November 2012, the fifth meeting of officials of the PACER-Plus trade negotiations took place. The Pacific Island Countries reiterate... 27/01/2013
Development integration concept to be applied as a priority to regional agricultural sector development Dr Rob Davies, South Africa’s Minister of Trade and Industry delivered the opening remarks at a USAID/World Customs Organization (WCO) Trade Facili... 04/01/2013
Revenue-sharing problems hit East Africa East African landlocked countries are reported in Tanzania’s Guardian on Sunday to ‘have raised a red flag against the proposed fully fledged regio... 04/01/2013
Special report: The Caribbean Community Agricultural Policy: Challenges ahead 1. IntroductionIn October 2011, the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) adopted its Community Agricultural Policy (CA... 16/12/2012
Executive Brief Update 2012: Southern and Eastern Africa: Agricultural trade policy debates and developments This brief was updated in September 2012. It brings together and updates the executive briefs ‘Southern Africa (SADC): Agricultural trade policy de... 11/11/2012
Executive Brief Update 2012: Central Africa: Agricultural trade policy debates and developments About this update This brief was updated in October 2012 to reflect developments since July 2011. The 2011 publication was based on a fuller b... 05/11/2012
Call for fundamental review of the EAC CET A member of the Trade and Investment Committee of the East African Business Council, writing in the press in September 2012, has called for the EAC... 04/11/2012
Executive Brief Update 2012: Pacific: Agricultural trade policy debates and developments About this updateThis brief was updated in September 2012 to reflect developments since July 2011. The 2011 publication was based on a fuller brief... 29/10/2012
Trade agreements and South Africa’s shifting agricultural trade flows In July, press reports suggested that the India–SACU trade negotiations had ‘gathered momentum’ and could be completed by the end of 2012. Analysts... 08/10/2012
Putting the EAC house in order before pursuing the T-FTA A private sector workshop held in Rwanda in July 2012, to discuss the proposed tripartite free-trade agreement (T-FTA), highlighted the need ‘to so... 08/10/2012