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DRC completes the accession process to the East African Community

Lunedì 11 Luglio 2022 13:59

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The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) completed today, 11 July 2022, the last step of the accession process to the East African Community (EAC) by depositing the instrument of ratification of the Treaty for the establishment of the EAC to the Secretary-General of the Organisation.

Regional TRS being conducted by SADC to assess bottlenecks along regional corridors

Venerdì 08 Luglio 2022 07:01

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In an article dated 5 July 2022, the Southern African Development Community (SADC), the Regional Economic Community that groups 16 countries in Southern and Central Africa, announced that it is conducting a regional Time Release Study (TRS) along its corridors to assess bottlenecks in the clearance of goods at crossing border posts in the region in view of increasing their efficiency.

AfCFTA success to be determined by effects of complementary policies

Mercoledì 06 Luglio 2022 13:10

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A new policy brief from the Overseas Development Institute (ODI), an independent think tank that conducts research on global challenges, including on trade and investment matters, offers an overview of the current status of negotiations of the African Continental Free Trade Agreement (AfCFTA) and of results achieved so far. The brief notes that the importance of AfCFTA will be determined not only by the change in trade rules that the Agreement currently brings, but also by how this framework will interact with complementary policies and actions to be adopted or in course of adoption, such as those aimed at implementing the WTO Trade Facilitation Agreement (whose provisions, among others, are mirrored by the Annex 4 on Trade Facilitation of the AfCFTA Protocol on Trade in Goods) or at supporting a co-ordinated approach to investment facilitation.

Implementation of trade facilitation measures remains weak in Sub-Saharan Africa

Martedì 05 Luglio 2022 10:58

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Trade facilitation measures are key in offsetting some of the time and cost increases experienced by firms and consumers against a backdrop of continued supply chain disruptions. Based on the analysis of its Trade Facilitation Indicators (TFIs), the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) assesses in a new trade policy paper titled “Trade facilitation reforms worldwide- state of play in 2022”, the progress and challenges in trade facilitation reforms on a global scale, including as these relate to the implementation of the WTO Trade Facilitation Agreement.

WCO Council approves Railway Guidance to facilitate railway transport

Lunedì 04 Luglio 2022 10:29

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Nowadays, a growing proportion of goods is being transported across borders by rail, a trend that has been accelerated by COVID-19. As explained in this post published in 2020 by UNESCAP, the United Nation Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific, international railway transport has a distinctive advantage with respect to other types of transport due to its reduced capacity to spread the virus. This essentially happens because railway transport uses less manpower (which justifies reduced quarantine checks on trains), differently, for example, from road transport, where congestion at border crossings exposes truck crews to frequent human interactions.

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DRC completes the accession process to the East African Community

Regional TRS being conducted by SADC to assess bottlenecks along regional corridors

AfCFTA success to be determined by effects of complementary policies

Implementation of trade facilitation measures remains weak in Sub-Saharan Africa

WCO Council approves Railway Guidance to facilitate railway transport

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