Africa should use AfCFTA as template for trade negotiations with rest of the world, says Osinbajo
*Adds: Nigerian Economic Society should be more involved in public policy debates * VP understands economic development – NES
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TRADE
Nigeria’s foreign trade drops by 27.30% in Q2, 2020
The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) stated on Wednesday that the country’s external merchandise trade declined by 27.30 per
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WTO expects global trade to plunge 18.5% Q2 2020
Global trade is expected to drop around 18.5 per cent year on year in the second quarter of 2020 in
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Okonjo-Iweala questions effectiveness of WTO on trade agreements
Nigeria’s candidate for the position of the Director-General of the World Trade Organisation (WTO), Dr.Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, has lamented that the
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NACCIMA, other African stakeholders seek better information on AfCFTA
Some stakeholders have called for better information on the modalities surrounding the Africa Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) Agreement. The
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Lagos promises to relocate trade fair to permanent site
As Sanwo-Olu woos Chinese investors to the State Lagos State Governor, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu, on Monday said the government
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Bello: Nigeria loses over N3trn to non-oil exports
Nigeria has lost about $10 billion (about N3.6 trillion) over the past five decades in non-oil export opportunities in crops
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ECOWAS decries low intra-regional trade in Sub-region
The Economic Community of West Africa States (ECOWAS) has decried low volumes of trade within the sub-region, adding that
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AfDB puts trade within AfCFTA at $3.3trillion
The African Development Bank (AfDB), says the size of trade within the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) is worth
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Why Nigeria has not taken advantage of AGOA – officIal
Lack of capacity for mass production is a major obstacle to Nigeria’s full utilisation of the African Growth and
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