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Trade

See also: Africa — regional cooperation, Commodities, Investment, Privatization, South-South

African producers get US boost — January 2007

Trade talks: where is the development? — April 2006

Loss of textile market costs Africa jobs — April 2006

New barriers hinder African trade — January 2006

Africa lags in global culture market — January 2006

Translate words into action, Africans demand — October 2005

WTO: Accords save trade talks from collapse — October 2004

Mixed results for regional economic blocs — October 2004

WTO rules against cotton subsidies — July 2004

New WTO proposals stir controversy — January 2004

WTO members urge resumption of talks — January 2004

Cotton: Africa challenges Northern subsidies — July 2003

Mounting opposition to Northern farm subsidies — May 2003
[Box: US subsidies: who benefits?]

WTO Watch: Global agricultural trade talks stall — May 2003
[Box: Development agenda 'just a slogan'?]

How to boost trade within Africa — September 2002

Africa still waiting for genuine 'partnership' — September 2002

Trading services: an opening or a noose? — April 2002

Africa seeks to safeguard its fisheries — April 2002

What doha means for Africa — December 2001
[Box 1: New agenda for trade talks]

Making trade work for poor women — December 2001

Africa opposes new round of trade talks — October 2001
[Box 1: Africa's agenda for a 'development' round]

Details hamper US-Africa trade pact — October 2000

Europeans okay duty-free access for least developed countries — October 2000

New law to boost US-Africa trade — July 2000

Trade climate warms at UNCTAD X — April 2000

EU and ACP agree on post-Lomé package — April 2000

WTO impasse in Seattle spotlights inequities of global trading systems — December 1999
[Box 1: Trade must benefit the developing world, says UN Secretary-General]
[Box 2: African NGOs reject new round of trade talks]
[Box 3: ACP countries defend trade preferences]
[Box 4: Africa's agenda for the WTO]

Senegalese traders go electronic: interview with Ibrahima Diagne — December 1999

African negotiators set for trade talks — September 1999

South Africa and European Union conclude sweeping trade agreement — June 1999
[Box 1: Trade pact's wider Southern African impact]
[Box 2: SADC pushing toward free-trade area]
[Box 3: Gains and losses to Southern Africa]

Houston forum promotes trade and investment — June 1999

COMESA: Tariffs to be scrapped by October 2000 — June 1999

East Africa takes further steps towards integration — April 1999

EU and ACP states launch trade-aid negotiations — November 1998

Africa reacts to US trade bill — August 1998

The US-Africa bill: a new chapter? — August 1998
[Box 1: Provisions of US-Africa trade bill]

Business moves more freely in COMESA — August 1998
[Box 1:  Steps toward a uniform system]

Africa hits global trade 'inequities' — August 1998

EU sets out proposals for new Lomé Convention — August 1998

LDCs still face tariff and trade barriers — February 1998

European Parliament defends Lomé Convention against WTO — October 1997

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