Global Trade

Men work at a containers terminal in Abidjan April 3, 2008. REUTERS/Luc Gnago (IVORY COAST)

Figure of the week: Momentum in trade going into the AfCFTA era

Chris Heitzig and Aloysius Uche Ordu

Thursday, January 14, 2021

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.- In the photo, a specialist works in a clinical laboratory amid the pandemic in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Less affected by covid-19 than the rest of the continents, Africa begins a race for the vaccine. The continent hopes to vaccinate "3% of Africans between now and March 2021 and 20% by the end of next year," declared the regional director of the World Health Organization (WHO), Matshidiso Moeti, in Brazzaville.

Africa in the news: AfCFTA launches, Africa secures COVID-19 vaccines, and Niger and the Central African Republic vote

Saturday, January 9, 2021

Abuja, Federal Capital Territory Nigeria. December 35, 2018: A cross section of Wuse Market Abuja

Figure of the week: Perceptions of the AfCFTA among small enterprises in Nigeria

Wednesday, January 6, 2021

FILE PHOTO: Containers are seen at the Yangshan Deep-Water Port in Shanghai, China October 19, 2020. REUTERS/Aly Song

Is America back? The high politics of trade in the Indo-Pacific

Monday, January 4, 2021

A woman from the Daborin Single Mothers Association gathers rice at a small processing plant in the northern Ghanaian town of Bolgatanga, February 1, 2008. The single mothers began their organisation to gain more freedom and financial independence in a district where most farmers live on the equivalent of about a dollar a day, according to Oxfam, which helps fund the women's programme. REUTERS/Finbarr O'Reilly (GHANA)

Mitigating short-term adjustment costs: Preparing for the AfCFTA

Hippolyte Fofack

Tuesday, December 29, 2020

Mombasa, Kenya - February 25 2018 : Container vessel under cargo opearations

Africa in the news: Kenya and Nigeria updates

Chris Heitzig and Christina Golubski

Saturday, December 19, 2020

Seydou Sogoba prepares to weigh crates of tomatoes before they are sent to the market in Katibougou, Mali February 12, 2020. Picture taken February 12, 2020. REUTERS/Annie Risemberg

Unpacking the misconceptions about Africa’s food imports

Louise Fox and Thomas S. Jayne

Monday, December 14, 2020

Mexico's President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador listens to the national anthem as he arrives to address the nation on his second anniversary as President of Mexico, at the National Palace in Mexico City, Mexico, December 1, 2020. REUTERS/Henry Romero

The upcoming friction in US-Mexico relations

Vanda Felbab-Brown

Friday, December 4, 2020

Australian Trade Minister Simon Birmingham and Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison join ASEAN leaders for a virtual group photo after signing the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) during a virtual signing ceremony at Parliament House in Canberra, Sunday, November 15, 2020. Prime Minister Scott Morrison has joined ASEAN leaders virtually for the annual summit on trade and security, hosted by Vietnam. (AAP Image/Lukas Coch) NO ARCHIVINGNo Use Australia. No Use New Zealand.

The significance of the Regional Economic Partnership Agreement

Massimiliano Cali

Friday, November 20, 2020

Vietnam's Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc chairs the 4th Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership Summit as part of the 37th ASEAN Summit in Hanoi, Vietnam November 15, 2020. REUTERS/Kham

RCEP: A new trade agreement that will shape global economics and politics

Peter A. Petri and Michael Plummer

Monday, November 16, 2020