China (Henan) Pilot Free Trade Zone was formally approved by the State Council on August 31, 2016. It covers an area of 119.77 square kms, including 73.17 square kms in Zhengzhou, 19.94 square kms in Kaifeng and 26.66 square kms in Luoyang.

March25,2019

Tunisia will officially join the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) at an upcoming summit, Tunisian Ministry of Foreign Affairs said Tuesday.

July18,2018

The British government on Thursday published a long-awaited white paper on Brexit, seeking to create a free trade area with European Union (EU).

July13,2018

Niger has deposited document with the African Union (AU) for the country's ratification of the agreement that establishes the African continental free trade area (AfCFTA).

June11,2018

A UN offcial said on Wednesday that China could play a role in helping Africa achieve benefits of the Continental Free Trade Area.

May24,2018

The South African cabinet has approved the Tripartite Free Trade Area (TFTA) agreement that establishes the common market for Eastern and Southern Africa, East African Community and Southern African Development Community.

May14,2018

Rwanda's lower house, Chamber of Deputies, on Tuesday unanimously passed a bill approving ratification of the treaty establishing the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA).

April25,2018

Kenya's Cabinet on Tuesday approved the Africa Continental Free Trade (AfCFTA) treaty for ratification.

March28,2018

The African Union (AU) targets to start implementation of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) within a year, AU Commissioner for Trade and Industry Albert Muchanga has said.

March23,2018

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said that the singing of a continental free trade agreement in Africa "is an important step towards achieving the SDGs and delivering on the African agenda of peace and prosperity."

March23,2018

Zambia did not sign the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) as it was still conducting internal negotiations on some protocols in the agreement, a Zambian official said Thursday.

March23,2018

African leaders on Wednesday signed the agreement to establish the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA), but officials and experts said challenges including poor infrastructure and protection of local industries could face the deal's enforcement.

March23,2018

Africa expects to have a win-win situation with its partners through the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA), Chairman of the African Union (AU) and Rwandan President Paul Kagame said on Wednesday.

March22,2018

Forty-four African countries on Wednesday signed an agreement establishing the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) in Kigali, capital city of Rwanda.

March22,2018

The Nigerian government said on Wednesday it has not signed the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) agreement because it is still reviewing the proposal.

March22,2018

The African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) will help Africa to weather international changes in the developed world and multilateral trading system, a UN official said on Monday in Rwanda's capital city Kigali.

March20,2018

Chairperson of the African Union (AU) Commission Moussa Faki Mahamat on Monday stressed the importance of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) in Kigali, capital city of Rwanda.

March20,2018

The African Union (AU) is looking forward to work with China and other partners outside Africa as the continent focus on realizing the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA), an African Union (AU) official said.

March20,2018

African ambassadors to the African Union (AU) have stressed importance of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) to intra-African trade on the sidelines of an ongoing AU extraordinary summit.

March19,2018

The envisaged African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) will benefit Africa in terms of business and industrialization, although operational challenges remain, a Rwandan official said Wednesday.

March16,2018