Tripartite Free Trade Area

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Tripartite Free Trade Area
Inception10 June 2015 Edit
Official websitehttp://www.comesa-eac-sadc-tripartite.org/ Edit

De Tripartite Free Trade Area (TFTA) be sam propose African free trade agreement between de Common Market for Eastern den Southern Africa (COMESA), Southern African Development Community (SADC) den East African Community (EAC).[1]

For June 10, 2015 insyd, dem sign de deal for Egypt[2] by de countries wey go show below (pending ratification by demma national parliaments).

For June 15, 2015 insyd for de 25th African Union Summit insyd Johannesburg, South Africa, negotiations wey dem launch go create sam African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) by 2017, wey dem hope say, all 54 African Union states go be members of de free trade area.[3]

Country Current Trade Zone(s)
Angola SADC
Botswana SADC
Burundi COMESA & EAC
Comoros COMESA
Djibouti COMESA
Democratic Republic of the Congo COMESA & SADC
Egypt COMESA
Eritrea COMESA
Eswatini COMESA & SADC
Ethiopia COMESA
Kenya COMESA & EAC
Lesotho SADC
Libya COMESA
Madagascar COMESA & SADC
Malawi COMESA & SADC
Mauritius COMESA & SADC
Mozambique SADC
Namibia SADC
Rwanda COMESA & EAC
Seychelles COMESA & SADC
South Africa SADC
South Sudan EAC
Sudan COMESA
Tanzania SADC & EAC
Uganda COMESA & EAC
Zambia COMESA & SADC
Zimbabwe COMESA & SADC

References[edit | edit source]

  1. http://www.sadc.int/about-sadc/continental-interregional-integration/tripartite-cooperation/
  2. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-33076917
  3. http://www.ictsd.org/bridges-news/bridges-africa/news/launch-of-the-continental-free-trade-area-new-prospects-for-african