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SADC strengthens trade capacity in Eswatini through AfCFTA rules of origin training
14-Oct-2025     SADC
The SADC Secretariat, in collaboration with the AfCFTA Secretariat and the World Customs Organisation (WCO), conducted a five-day training workshop on the AfCFTA Rules of Origin in Eswatini. the training was supported under the European Union–WCO Rules of Origin Africa Programme and funded by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) through the GIZ CESARE Programme.
Mozambique and UAE move closer to signing CEPA trade agreement
14-Oct-2025     Club of Mozambique
Representing the President of Mozambique, Daniel Francisco Chapo, the Minister of Economy, Basílio Muhate, recently took part in the Africa Debate Conference in the United Arab Emirates, where he held a bilateral meeting with the UAE Minister of Foreign Trade, Thani bin Ahmed Al Zeyoudi.
Nigeria, others seek AfCFTA digital trade protocol implementation
14-Oct-2025     The Guardian
As part of efforts towards forging a viable and practical path for implementing the AfCFTA Digital Trade Protocol, Nigeria has held the maiden digital trade market access roundtable, welcoming regulators from Ghana, Egypt, Kenya, Rwanda and South Africa.
MEPs shocked by Commission's Western Sahara bypass
14-Oct-2025     WSRW
In a hearing at the European Parliament earlier this week, lawmakers expressed outrage at how the Commission sidestepped them to push through a new agreement covering occupied Western Sahara, in violation of EU Court rulings.
EU-Indonesia FTA text (Oct 2025)
14-Oct-2025     European Commission
Thailand looking for trade accord with S.Korea by year’s end
14-Oct-2025     Bangkok Post
Thailand hopes to complete free trade agreement talks with South Korea by the end of this year, according to Commerce Minister Suphajee Suthumpun.
EU, Ukraine move forward with new trade agreement, deepening ties
14-Oct-2025     The Kyiv Independent
The European Council has agreed to reduce and eliminate duties on a range of Ukrainian agricultural products, paving the way for the first significant update to tariffs under an EU-Ukraine trade agreement since it was adopted in 2016.
Togo launches review of AfCFTA strategy to boost trade benefits
14-Oct-2025     Togo First
Togo began revising its national strategy for implementing the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) on October 6. The Ministry of Trade, Handicrafts, and Local Consumption organized a three-day workshop in Lomé to update the framework.
India, US to hold trade talks as New Delhi seeks higher energy imports
14-Oct-2025     Reuters
India and the United States are set to hold trade talks this week, with New Delhi pledging to import US energy and gas as it aims to address Washington's concerns over its Russian oil purchases, an official said.
EU and India move into final stages of trade talks with continuous contact
14-Oct-2025     Politico
India and the EU are intensifying their talks on a free-trade deal and will meet nonstop after making progress during a round of negotiations last week, the European Commission said.