Scope of the African Continental Free Trade Area – [Part A (5 of 9)]
The objective of this Annex is to enable State Parties to work together to identify, categorise, monitor and subsequently eliminate Non-Tariff Barriers.
The objective of this Annex is to enable State Parties to work together to identify, categorise, monitor and subsequently eliminate Non-Tariff Barriers.
One potential victim to International Trade Agreements is Domestic Industries. This is because Trade agreements tend to lower the barrier to entry into a domestic market. This is where Trade remedies come in as they are actions available to Domestic Governments to act against imports which may be causing material injury to the Domestic Industry.
The Protocol of Trade in Goods objectives is very much aligned and perhaps a subset of the Specific Objectives of the African Continental Free Trade Area (See Article 4 of the African Continental Free Trade Area Agreement).