ECA Policy Brief
Eleventh World Trade Organization Ministerial Conference (Buenos Aires, December 2017) in the context of Africa’s Agenda 2063 and the Continental Free Trade Area
Critical challenges face Africa as the eleventh World Trade Organization (WTO) Ministerial Conference approaches, which will be held in Buenos Aires in December 2017. Some WTO members are pushing strongly for outcomes at the Conference, which, if agreed to, could undermine the aspirations articulated in Agenda 2063 for continental transformation and the regional market that negotiations on the Continental Free Trade Area are seeking to put in place.
