African Trade Policy Centre

Côte d’Ivoire, 29 January 2016 (ECA) - An expert group comprising representatives of the eight regional economic communities the African Union Commission, the Economic Commission for African (ECA), the African Development Bank and selected academic specialists will hold a meeting in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire, on 2-3 February to review the  structure and content of a draft continental free trade agreement (CFTA) for the consideration of the CFTA task force and as an  input to the CFTA negotiation process. The meeting is expected to generate:

Nairobi, Kenya, 15 December 2015 (ECA) – A side-event titled “A human rights perspective on the CFTA” was co-organised by the African Trade Policy Centre (ATPC) of the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) and the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung on the margins of the World Trade Organization (WTO) Tenth Ministerial Conference.

Geneva, 29 June 2015 (ECA) – The signature of the Tripartite Free Trade Area agreement (TFTA) is a historical step which augurs well for the pursuit of continental integration in Africa, said Mr. David Luke, the Coordinator of ECA’s African Trade Policy Centre at a roundtable discussion at the International Centre for Trade and Sustainable Development (ICTSD).