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LOCATION:Online\, 
SUMMARY:Participation in the Webinar on rules of origin for EU-Africa prefe
 rential trade – lessons learned and options for the future
CLASS:PUBLIC
DESCRIPTION:Background\n\nThe European Union (EU) has a long and rich exper
 ience negotiating and implementing Free Trade Agreements (FTAs) across the
  world. Currently\, the EU is applying RoO with some 80 partners under FTA
 s\, including Economic Partnership Agreements (EPAs). The EU is also curre
 ntly negotiating with partners including Eastern and Southern Africa (ESA)
 \, Tunisia\, Chile\, Indonesia and Australia and New Zealand.\n\nAfrican c
 ountries\, too\, have experience to share in terms of negotiating\, harnes
 sing and mastering preferential RoO\, for example under the EPAs and under
  intra-regional preferential trade regimes within African regional economi
 c communities. In the context of the African Continental Free Trade Area (
 AfCFTA)\, Africa is also currently finalizing the design of new rules of o
 rigin. The design of RoO is crucial for the success of any trade agreement
 \, and differences in rules and procedures lead to very different utilizat
 ion rates of preferences and ease of administering them.\n\nUNCTAD&#039\;s
  Mr. Stefano Inama\, Chief\, Technical Cooperation and Enhanced Integrated
  Framework Section will participate in the webinar on &quot\;Rules of Orig
 in for EU-Africa preferential trade – lessons learned and options for th
 e future&quot\;.\n&lt\;p&gt\;&lt\;strong&gt\;Background&lt\;/strong&gt\;&l
 t\;/p&gt\;\n\n&lt\;p&gt\;The European Union (EU) has a long and rich exper
 ience negotiating and implementing Free Trade Agreements (FTAs) across the
  world. Currently\, the EU is applying RoO with some 80 partners under FTA
 s\, including Economic Partnership Agreements (EPAs). The EU is also curre
 ntly negotiating with partners including Eastern and Southern Africa (ESA)
 \, Tunisia\, Chile\, Indonesia and Australia and New Zealand.&lt\;/p&gt\;\
 n\n&lt\;p&gt\;African countries\, too\, have experience to share in terms 
 of negotiating\, harnessing and mastering preferential RoO\, for example u
 nder the EPAs and under intra-regional preferential trade regimes within A
 frican regional economic communities. In the context of the African Contin
 ental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA)\, Africa is also currently finalizing the d
 esign of new rules of origin. The design of RoO is crucial for the success
  of any trade agreement\, and differences in rules and procedures lead to 
 very different utilization rates of preferences and ease of administering 
 them.&lt\;/p&gt\;\n\n&lt\;p&gt\;UNCTAD&#039\;s Mr. Stefano Inama\, Chief\,
  Technical Cooperation and Enhanced Integrated Framework Section will part
 icipate in the webinar on &quot\;Rules of Origin for EU-Africa preferentia
 l trade – lessons learned and options for the future&quot\;.&lt\;/p&gt\;
 \n\n\nView meeting on unctad.org\nhttps://unctad.org/meeting/participation
 -webinar-rules-origin-eu-africa-preferential-trade-lessons-learned-and-opt
 ions
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