by Andrea | Oct 1, 2018 | markets in Africa
The United States, Canada, and Mexico have reached agreement on a modernized NAFTA (North American Free Trade Agreement), now to be called the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA). After months of negotiating trilaterally, the US and Mexico reached an agreement that...
by Andrea | Jul 29, 2018 | Brexit, international trade rules, markets in Africa, tools for importers
The EU’s Chief Brexit Negotiator has decisively rejected the United Kingdom’s proposal to manage its post-Brexit trade in goods with the EU. The UK’s White Paper – “The Future Relationship Between the United Kingdom and the European Union”proposes the creation of a...
by Andrea | Jul 23, 2018 | Brexit, international trade rules, markets in Africa, tools for importers
The British government’s proposal for the United Kingdom’s post-Brexit relationship with the European Union has pleased neither the Brexiters nor the EU. It is easy to understand why. The White Paper, The Future Relationship Between the UK and the European Union,...
by Andrea | Apr 1, 2018 | Brexit, CSME, markets in Africa, Recent Trends in Trade, tools for importers
On March 29, 2019 the United Kingdom (UK) is scheduled to leave the European Union (EU). On what terms? What will Brexit mean for the future of the UK’s trading relations with the EU and the rest of the world? Just over a year ago (on March 29, 2017), UK Prime...
by Andrea | Mar 19, 2018 | CSME, informal trade, markets in Africa, tools for importers
Do gender issues belong in a trade agreement? “Yes!”, says Canada. The updated Canada – Chile Free Trade Agreement contains a gender chapter, the first of its kind for a G-20 country. And Canada has proposed that a gender chapter also be included in re-negotiated...
by Andrea | Mar 8, 2018 | markets in Africa, tools for importers
(In Part I, we explained that while Canada and Mexico seek to “modernize” NAFTA, the U.S. has said it seeks to “restructure” NAFTA.) Even as NAFTA negotiators concluded the 7th round of negotiations (March 5th in Mexico), the threat to “Kill NAFTA” resonates....
