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DTSTART:20190212T090000Z
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LOCATION:Nairobi\, Kenya
SUMMARY:Expert meeting on Non-Tariff Barriers (NTB) Reporting\, Monitoring 
 and Elimination under the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) 
CLASS:PUBLIC
DESCRIPTION:The AfCFTA negotiation process is now at an advanced stage. On 
 21 March 2018\, barely two years from the start of negotiations\, 44 (fort
 y four) African Union member States signed the AfCFTA Agreement in Kigali\
 , Rwanda. As part of the Protocol on Trade in Goods\, the Annex on Non-Tar
 iff Barriers (NTB) is critical for the success of the AfCFTA. As compared 
 to mere tariff liberalization\, addressing non-tariff measures in the AfCF
 TA could increase benefits three- to four-fold\, according to UNCTAD estim
 ates.UNCTAD is closely collaborating with the African Union Commission (AU
 C) and member States to support the implementation of the NTB Annex. This 
 work will build on existing NTB reporting\, monitoring and elimination mec
 hanisms to allow private sector operators to report trade barriers for gov
 ernments to resolve them.The workshop will facilitate a discussion between
  experts from Regional Economic Communities (RECs)\, AUC\, UNCTAD and inde
 pendent experts. It is expected to come out with concrete proposals for a 
 practical method of implementing a continental NTB mechanism. The proposal
 s will be submitted to the AfCFTA Technical Working Group (TWG) on NTB &am
 p\; Technical Barriers to Trade (TBT). Following the TWG’s consideration
  the proposal will be submitted to the higher structures with a recommenda
 tion for its adoption and implementation.The workshop is part of the “Su
 pport Programme to Eliminate Non-Tariff Barriers and Increase Regulatory T
 ransparency” financed by the German Federal Ministry of Economic Coopera
 tion and Development (www.bmz.de).http://www.bmz.de/\n\nView meeting on un
 ctad.org\nhttps://unctad.org/meeting/expert-meeting-non-tariff-barriers-nt
 b-reporting-monitoring-and-elimination-under-african
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LOCATION:Nairobi\, Kenya
SUMMARY:Expert meeting on Non-Tariff Barriers (NTB) Reporting\, Monitoring 
 and Elimination under the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) 
CLASS:PUBLIC
DESCRIPTION:The AfCFTA negotiation process is now at an advanced stage. On 
 21 March 2018\, barely two years from the start of negotiations\, 44 (fort
 y four) African Union member States signed the AfCFTA Agreement in Kigali\
 , Rwanda. As part of the Protocol on Trade in Goods\, the Annex on Non-Tar
 iff Barriers (NTB) is critical for the success of the AfCFTA. As compared 
 to mere tariff liberalization\, addressing non-tariff measures in the AfCF
 TA could increase benefits three- to four-fold\, according to UNCTAD estim
 ates.UNCTAD is closely collaborating with the African Union Commission (AU
 C) and member States to support the implementation of the NTB Annex. This 
 work will build on existing NTB reporting\, monitoring and elimination mec
 hanisms to allow private sector operators to report trade barriers for gov
 ernments to resolve them.The workshop will facilitate a discussion between
  experts from Regional Economic Communities (RECs)\, AUC\, UNCTAD and inde
 pendent experts. It is expected to come out with concrete proposals for a 
 practical method of implementing a continental NTB mechanism. The proposal
 s will be submitted to the AfCFTA Technical Working Group (TWG) on NTB &am
 p\; Technical Barriers to Trade (TBT). Following the TWG’s consideration
  the proposal will be submitted to the higher structures with a recommenda
 tion for its adoption and implementation.The workshop is part of the “Su
 pport Programme to Eliminate Non-Tariff Barriers and Increase Regulatory T
 ransparency” financed by the German Federal Ministry of Economic Coopera
 tion and Development (www.bmz.de).http://www.bmz.de/\n\nView meeting on un
 ctad.org\nhttps://unctad.org/meeting/expert-meeting-non-tariff-barriers-nt
 b-reporting-monitoring-and-elimination-under-african
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LOCATION:Nairobi\, Kenya
SUMMARY:Expert meeting on Non-Tariff Barriers (NTB) Reporting\, Monitoring 
 and Elimination under the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) 
CLASS:PUBLIC
DESCRIPTION:The AfCFTA negotiation process is now at an advanced stage. On 
 21 March 2018\, barely two years from the start of negotiations\, 44 (fort
 y four) African Union member States signed the AfCFTA Agreement in Kigali\
 , Rwanda. As part of the Protocol on Trade in Goods\, the Annex on Non-Tar
 iff Barriers (NTB) is critical for the success of the AfCFTA. As compared 
 to mere tariff liberalization\, addressing non-tariff measures in the AfCF
 TA could increase benefits three- to four-fold\, according to UNCTAD estim
 ates.UNCTAD is closely collaborating with the African Union Commission (AU
 C) and member States to support the implementation of the NTB Annex. This 
 work will build on existing NTB reporting\, monitoring and elimination mec
 hanisms to allow private sector operators to report trade barriers for gov
 ernments to resolve them.The workshop will facilitate a discussion between
  experts from Regional Economic Communities (RECs)\, AUC\, UNCTAD and inde
 pendent experts. It is expected to come out with concrete proposals for a 
 practical method of implementing a continental NTB mechanism. The proposal
 s will be submitted to the AfCFTA Technical Working Group (TWG) on NTB &am
 p\; Technical Barriers to Trade (TBT). Following the TWG’s consideration
  the proposal will be submitted to the higher structures with a recommenda
 tion for its adoption and implementation.The workshop is part of the “Su
 pport Programme to Eliminate Non-Tariff Barriers and Increase Regulatory T
 ransparency” financed by the German Federal Ministry of Economic Coopera
 tion and Development (www.bmz.de).http://www.bmz.de/\n\nView meeting on un
 ctad.org\nhttps://unctad.org/meeting/expert-meeting-non-tariff-barriers-nt
 b-reporting-monitoring-and-elimination-under-african
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