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France Publishes Revised 2012 'Black List' 4/26/2012 French Finance Minister François Baroin and Budget Minister Valérie
Pécresse have recently updated the country’s ‘black
list’ of countries deemed to be ‘uncooperative’ in tax matters.
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South Africa Pushes Trade Treaty Talks With India 3/21/2012 The completion of the Preferential Trade Agreement between South Africa
and India was anticipated at a recent business seminar hosted by South Africa’s
Department of Trade and Industry in Chennai, India.
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Trade Barriers Hindering African Growth 2/10/2012 As African leaders pursue negotiations towards a continental free trade area by
2017, a new report released by the World Bank has noted that African nations are
losing out on billions of dollars in potential trade earnings every year because of restrictive barriers to regional trade.
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Africa Targets Free Trade Area By 2017 2/2/2012 The statement issued at the end of the 18th summit of the African Union has
confirmed that African countries will target the establishment of a continental
free trade area by 2017.
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Problems Foreseen For African Tripartite FTA 11/8/2011 The South African Minister of Trade and Industry, Rob Davies, has expressed the
opinion that the planned roll out of the proposed African tripartite free trade agreement may 'hit a snag' when negotiating on trade in manufactured goods between
the member countries.
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IMF Opens Fourth African Technical Assistance Centre 10/18/2011 The International Monetary Fund has officially opened its fourth Africa
regional technical assistance centre in Mauritius, offering capacity
building services to 13 countries across Southern Africa and the Indian Ocean.
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ACP States Risk Losing Duty-Free Access To EU 10/7/2011 The European Commission is proposing to amend the Market Access Regulation governing the trade conditions for certain developing countries that have
negotiated, with the European Union, Economic Partnership Agreements which have yet to be signed and ratified.
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Guernsey Leading Field In Tax Cooperation With Africa 9/27/2011 The States of Guernsey is set to conclude a further six bilateral Tax Information
Exchange Agreements that have been negotiated with members of the Southern
African Development Community, in line with the Organization for
Economic Co-operation and Development’s priority of working closely
on tax issues with developing countries.
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Switzerland Tops WEF Competitiveness Index 9/9/2011 Switzerland tops the overall rankings in the Global Competitiveness Report for 2011-2012,
released on September 7 by the World Economic Forum.
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South Africa Plugs Tripartite FTA 8/26/2011 In the opinion of South Africa’s Deputy Minister of Trade and Industry,
Elizabeth Thabethe, the recent agreement to launch talks to establish a tripartite
free trade agreement between several African nations has made it more urgent to promote intra-African trade.
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African Leaders Launch Tripartite FTA Talks 6/16/2011 A leaders’ summit of the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa,
the East African Community and the Southern African Development Community, held in Johannesburg on June 11 and 12, has agreed to formally launch
negotiations to establish a tripartite free trade agreement.
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South Africa To Discuss Tripartite FTA 6/9/2011 A summit of the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa, the East
African Community and the Southern African Development Community will be held in Pretoria on June 11 and 12 to discuss the progress made towards
a tripartite free trade agreement (FTA).
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Tripartite African Trade Talks Show Progress 5/18/2011 Ministers from countries within the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa, the East African Community and the Southern African Development
Community met recently in Lusaka to discuss the progress made towards the
proposed tripartite free trade agreement.
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Tripartite African Trade Talks To Start By Mid-2011 3/11/2011 South Africa’s Minister of Trade and Industry, Rob Davies, has said that
negotiations for the development of a free trade agreement between the Southern
African Development Community, the East African Community and the
Common Market for East African States will commence towards the middle
of 2011.
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Momentum Grows Towards African Trade Bloc 2/28/2011 South Africa’s Trade and Industry Minister, Rob Davies, has said that his
country is making an effort to join together the Southern African Development
Community, the Common Market for East African States and the East
African Community.
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Global Tax Forum Issues Peer Reviews 10/4/2010 The Global Forum on Transparency and Exchange of Information for Tax Purposes has issued the first phase of peer reviews covering the legal and regulatory frameworks for transparency and exchange of tax information in Bermuda, Botswana, Cayman Islands, India, Jamaica, Monaco, Panama and Qatar.
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Switzerland Tops Competitiveness League 9/13/2010 Switzerland has claimed top spot in The Global Competitiveness Report 2010-2011,
as released by the World Economic Forum on September 9. In the rankings, the United
States has fallen two places to fourth position, overtaken by Sweden (2nd) and
Singapore (3rd), after already ceding the top place to Switzerland last year.
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India, South Africa Look At CEPA Talks 9/3/2010 The Indian Commerce and Industry Minister, Anand Sharma, has disclosed that India
and South Africa are to look at the possibility of establishing a bilateral comprehensive
economic partnership agreement and an investment protection and promotion
agreement.
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SADC Pushes Progress On FTA, Customs Union 8/19/2010 The 30th Summit of the Heads of State and Government of the Southern African Development
Community was held recently in Namibia, which reaffirmed the community's commitment
to the consolidation of the regional free trade agreement, and then to the
establishment of a Customs Union.
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Botswana Signs DTAs With Lesotho, Swaziland 4/28/2010 Botswana has signed two agreements for the avoidance of double taxation with Lesotho and Swaziland, respectively.
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OECD Reviews Tax Transparency 3/23/2010 18 countries participating in the Global Forum on Transparency and Exchange of Information have been included in the first phase of a peer review process.
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Increase To VAT Deemed Necessary In Botswana Budget 2/15/2010 Due to the global economic crisis, with demand reducing sharply for luxury goods
such as diamonds, Botswana has experienced an unprecedented loss of government
revenue and needs to find additional sources, including an increase to
value added tax.
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