Scope of the African Continental Free Trade Area – Parts B (4 of 4)
We are hopeful that the detail around the Annexes will; eventually be published and we will have the opportunity to revisit this protocol.
We are hopeful that the detail around the Annexes will; eventually be published and we will have the opportunity to revisit this protocol.
Article 28 (paragraph 1) goes on to say that “Member States may develop the above annexes for the implementation of the protocol. In other words, at the time of writing this, the Protocol on Trade in Services Annexes was just listed.
We would like to kick this off by drawing your attention to Preamble by Member State representatives of the African Union (AU) on the Protocol on Trade in Services
The AfCFTA Agreement is made up of two phases and while the first phase of the agreement has come into effect from 01 January 2021, there is a second phase that will require a series of negotiations that will come into effect at a later date.