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Stories that are tagged 'Comoros'

COMESA Members And EU Discuss EPAs
3/29/2012
A delegation of MEPs from the European Parliament has recently held a consultative meeting in Lusaka, Zambia, with the Chair of the Eastern and Southern Africa group of countries to discuss their Economic Partnership Agreement negotiations with the European Union.
COMESA Pushes For DTAs Between Member States
2/14/2012
Earlier this month, the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa held a three-day forum in Lusaka which attracted officials from its member states who are involved in negotiating double taxation agreements.
WTO To Ease LDC Accession Requirements
1/27/2012
The Sub-Committee on Least Developed Countries, on January 20, agreed to start work on developing recommendations to “further strengthen, streamline and operationalize” current guidelines on the accession process of LDCs, as called for in a decision by the Eighth WTO Ministerial Conference last month.
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.
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.
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.
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.
COMESA Reviews Progress On Customs Union
8/9/2011
A third meeting was held this month in Lusaka by the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa to study the progress made towards having a fully implemented Customs Union by June 2012.
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.
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).
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.
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.
China Cuts Import Tariffs For African Countries
7/7/2010
China’s Ministry of Commerce has announced that, following an exchange of letters, 60% of imports from 26 of Africa’s least developed countries are duty free with effect from July 1, 2010.

 

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