13/10/2019
How to Facilitate Trade in Africa
Somalia by Asmita Parshotam-Mareeg.com-JOHANNESBURG ? With the United States and China locked in a trade war, climate action lagging behind climate reality, and the World Trade Organization?s Appellate Body at risk of becoming inoperable, the theme of this week?s WTO public forum ? ?Trading Forward: Adapting to a Changing World? ? couldn?t be more appropriate. But if the global trading system is to be adapted to twenty-first-century realities, careful attention must be paid to the needs of developing countries. Consider Africa, which has been working hard lately to deepen intra-continental trade and integration. While such efforts ? most notably the African Continental Free Trade Area...
