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DTSTART:20190829T100000Z
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LOCATION:Yokohama\, Japan
SUMMARY:Realising African Industrial Development and Regional Value Chains 
 under AfCFTA. An AU-UNCTAD Side Event during TICAD VII
CLASS:PUBLIC
DESCRIPTION:As part of its participation at the 7th Tokyo International Con
 ference on African Development (TICAD\, Yokohama\, Japan 28-30 August 2019
 )\, UNCTAD and the African Union (AU) Commission organized an official sid
 e event on the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) agreement on t
 he afternoon of Thursday\, 29 August 2019.\n\nThe occasion allowed UNCTAD 
 and the AU to introduce the landmark agreement to establish the AfCFTA\, a
 s had been mentioned by numerous African Heads of State during the plenary
  of TICAD\, and to showcase the work that both UNCTAD’s Division on Trad
 e in International Goods and the Division on Investment and Enterprise are
  doing to support the negotiations on non-tariff measures commitments and 
 the AfCFTA protocol on intellectual property\, respectively\, under a proj
 ect funded by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation (BMZ).\
 n\nThe underlying message was the need for continued technical assistance 
 to support the future negotiations and implementation now that the AfCFTA 
 agreement has come into force.\n&lt\;p&gt\;As part of its participation at
  the 7th Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD\, Yo
 kohama\, Japan 28-30 August 2019)\, UNCTAD and the African Union (AU) Comm
 ission organized an official side event on the African Continental Free Tr
 ade Area (AfCFTA) agreement on the afternoon of Thursday\, 29 August 2019.
 &lt\;/p&gt\;\n\n&lt\;p&gt\;The occasion allowed UNCTAD and the AU to intro
 duce the landmark agreement to establish the AfCFTA\, as had been mentione
 d by numerous African Heads of State during the plenary of TICAD\, and to 
 showcase the work that both UNCTAD’s Division on Trade in International 
 Goods and the Division on Investment and Enterprise are doing to support t
 he negotiations on non-tariff measures commitments and the AfCFTA protocol
  on intellectual property\, respectively\, under a project funded by the G
 erman Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation (BMZ).&lt\;/p&gt\;\n\n&lt\
 ;p&gt\;The underlying message was the need for continued technical assista
 nce to support the future negotiations and implementation now that the AfC
 FTA agreement has come into force.&lt\;/p&gt\;\n\n\nView meeting on unctad
 .org\nhttps://unctad.org/meeting/realising-african-industrial-development-
 and-regional-value-chains-under-afcfta-au-unctad
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