Trade Negotiators' Forum
In Geneva, this bi-monthly forum for East African trade negotiators informs their concerted participation on issues of their interest in World Trade Organization (WTO) debates. They also benefit from country updates providing a snapshot of the current trade realities, as reported by people on the ground.
WTO members are currently trying to figure out the possible nature and scope of the “new issues” pushed by some for being introduced in multilateral trade negotiations. At this meeting, East African delegates to the WTO were updated on their stakeholders' perspectives and exchanged views regarding the possible introduction of Competition Policy on the WTO agenda, which is sometimes mentionned as a possible "new issue". Discussions highlighted that, given its nascent stage in the EAC, it is too early to be introduced in WTO negotiations. Rather, stakeholders recommended that efforts first focus on strengthening it nationally and harmonising it regionally,…
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East African delegates to the WTO met in Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania, with representatives of the civil society who have been providing them perspectives from the ground on trade issues of their interest under the “EAC Geneva Forum”. Discussions identified potential topics to be taken up this year and possible ways to strengthen the initiative.
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The 10th Ministerial conference of the World Trade Organisation (WTO MC10) was held for the first time on Africa’s soil in Nairobi, Kenya from December 15th to 19th, 2015. The conference adopted a number of decisions now referred to as the Nairobi Package. This meeting brought together East African WTO negotiators who discussed the MC10 outcomes, foreseeable challenges, and the way forward.
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East African delegates to the WTO discussed an analytical note prepared at their request to exmine existing non-tariff barriers (NTBs) and their effect on EAC exports. Non-Tariff Barriers (NTBs) and Non-Tariff Measures (NTMs) are both governmental measures that regulate trade in goods and services.
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