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Southern Africa Development Community Pushes Towards Customs Union
The 30th Summit of Heads of State and Government of the Southern Africa Development Community (SADC) ended Tuesday with an affirmation to consolidate timelines for the establishment of the Free Trade Area (FTA) and speeding up preparations towards a Customs...
East African Community Common Market Comes Into Force on July 1
The Protocol for the Common Market of the East African Community (EAC), which a crucial step towards regional integration, after the creation of the Customs Union in 2005, will come into force on July 1, 2010. The coming into effect of the Common Market,...
Rwanda Hands Over East African Community Chairmanship to Tanzania
The Rwandan President Paul Kagame, who has been the chairman of the East African Community (EAC) for more than one year, has handed over the regional leadership mantle to his Tanzanian counterpart Jakaya Kikwete at the 11th EAC summit in Arusha. Kikwete...
European Commission Backs Russia’s WTO Accession Bid
European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso has said the European Union backs Russia’s plans to join the World Trade Organization. We clearly show our support for Russia’s accession to the WTO, Barroso said at a press conference following...
Medvedev Says Russia Will Join WTO
Russia’s president Dmitry Medvedev has said he has no doubt his country will join the World Trade Organization despite delays due to the establishment of a customs union with two other ex-Soviet states. Russia, Kazakhstan and Belarus agreed in...
Rwanda Officially Joins East African Customs Union Market
Rwanda has officially started implementing the East African Community Customs Union, joining a 130 million market that includes Uganda, Tanzania, Burundi and Kenya, which commenced its operations within Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda on 1 January 2005. Implementation...
