The future of the EU market for African banana exporters is bleak A meeting of African banana producers has been urged to move quickly to take advantage of many local and regional market opportunities, as revision... 05/11/2008
SADC FTA is implemented On August 17th 2008 a SADC free-trade area was formally established involving 12 of the 15 SADC members. It has created a trading bloc of 247 milli... 29/08/2008
Guyana reduces regional sales of raw sugar Press reports indicate that Guyana has reduced sales of raw sugar in the Caricom region by 80,000 tonnes, in order to meet increased export opport... 05/05/2008
Concerns surface over the regional implications of EPAs According to press reports the COMESA Secretariat is concerned about the implications of sub-groups of COMESA countries signing different interim... 27/02/2008
Ethiopian sugar production is to expand with Indian support India has extended a US$460 million credit line to Ethiopia to develop sugar production at the Tendaho project, close to Djibouti, and hence with... 27/02/2008
West Africa remains committed to regional integration The ECDPM cites press reports concerning a joint meeting of representatives of Ghana, Côte d’Ivoire, ECOWAS and UEMOA on January 10th-11th to try... 06/02/2008
The state of regional integration in west Africa is analysed The state of regional integration and trade facilitation in west Africa in the context of the EPA negotiations are analysed in a paper from the Un... 31/08/2006
Is SACU ready for FTAs? An article from TRALAC senior researcher Professor Gerhard Erasmus has raised the question as to whether internally the SACU is ready institutiona... 31/05/2006
Tension emerges between sugar users and producers in the Caribbean Press reports suggest that following sugar shortages in Trinidad & Tobago, the manufacturers’ association (TTMA) is going to lobby for its mem... 31/10/2005
CEMAC is to create a common market for sugar According to press reports at a meeting from April 1st-12th 2005 in Douala, sugar-sector experts form CEMAC agreed on proposals to create a common... 20/06/2005