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UN and WTO Agree That 2023 Will See a Slump in the Global Economy – But The AfDBank is Optimistic for Africa

Mar 6, 2023 |

A series of severe and mutually reinforcing shocks — the COVID pandemic, the invasion of Ukraine and resulting food and energy crises, surging inflation, debt tightening, as well as the climate emergency…

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Trade in Services Policy in Africa, New Work by the WTO and World Bank

Mar 6, 2023 |

Services are often overlooked in trade negotiations, partly because they are amorphous in character, unlike goods. Yet Africa is increasingly exporting its services within the continent and globally. Examples are in music…

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Trade News From the USA

Mar 6, 2023 |

EFA is affiliated to the E-Merchants Trade Council (EMTC), which represents cross border ecommerce in the USA. Recently the EMTC sent us this report: “The US Senate Finance Committee held a Hearing on Cross Border Trade in…

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The USA Toys With A Federal Privacy Law – and an ISO for Privacy

Mar 6, 2023 |

The US Congress has recently made some much-anticipated progress toward advancing a bipartisan privacy bill. The current compromise, the American Data Protection and Privacy Act (ADPPA), still has a long way to go before becoming…

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Big Tech News

Mar 6, 2023 |

In mid-February the European Commission asked all their staff to remove the TikTok app from the phones they use for work. The reason given was security concerns and the data…

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