Tralac’s Daily News Selection – 4 May 2016

tralac (trade law centre) is a capacity-building organisation developing trade-related capacity in east and southern Africa. Adopting an inter-disciplinary approach, tralac aims to enhance the trade law and policy capacity in this region.

tralac compiles a daily selection of news stories which are disseminated with the aim of enhancing trade policy knowledge and debate.
The highlights from the Daily News selection from the 4th of May can be found below:

• a Mo Ibrahim commentary: ‘Could regional integration make Africa the next big economic success story?’
• an update on the on-going CFTA expert group meeting in Nairobi
• from the EDBI conference in Nairobi: ‘Ease investment terms to lure foreign firms, Kenya tells African nations’
• Vince Cable, the former British industry minister: ‘What Nigeria, Africa can gain from China’
• from the Atlantic Council’s Africa Center: ‘Obama’s commercial diplomacy in Africa’
• South Africa’s foreign minister on the intersections between foreign policy and economic diplomacy
• Kenya’s Economic Survey 2016 is posted
• Rwanda’s strategy to promote the Made-in-Rwanda initiative
• an IMF/World Bank assessment of the stability of CEMAC’s financial system
• two perspectives on African textile sector policy issues

To view the full selection on the tralac website, please click here.