African Nations Enact Import Tariff Deal
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A deal to eliminate import tariffs between Tanzania, Kenya and Uganda came into force Saturday, marking the first major step toward integrating the East African nations into a single economic and investment block.
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VIENTIANE, Laos  - Southeast Asian countries and China signed an accord Monday to create the world's biggest free trade area by removing tariffs for their two billion people by decade's end - a key step in their vision of a trade bloc to rival Europe and North America.
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Leaders of the African Union begin a three-day summit here Sunday focused on plans to forge a confederation of states that can help the world&#39;s poorest continent exercise greater clout on the world stage.
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afrol News, 15 December - As the first Arab nation, the government of Egypt yesterday signed a trade pact with its neighbour Israel that will help breaking the latter&#39;s economic isolation.
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Leaders of seven African countries sign a treaty to preserve their continent's vast but fragile rainforest.
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The Association of Southeast Asian Nations&#39; largest members are set to sign an agreement today to eliminate tariffs on goods ranging from cars to consumer electronics three years earlier than planned.
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Leaders of Africaâs Great Lakes Region have signed a Dar es Salaam Declaration, a blueprint to haul the troubled region out of multiple and endemic conflicts.
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South Africa says it will sign up to the OECD convention to clamp down on the bribery of foreign officials.
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African leaders have voiced support for proposed UN sanctions against both the Ivory Coast government and rebel groups. African Union leaders from Nigeria, Senegal, Ghana, Burkina
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China has reached agreement with the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, or ASEAN, on completely removing tariffs on merchandise goods by 2010 as part of a proposed free trade agreement, the Chinese Ministry of Commerce says.
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The European Union, Japan and Brazil won World Trade Organization backing to impose tariffs on US imports after Congress failed to end illegal corporate subsidies worth $850 million since 2001.
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Eleven African countries signed a  U.N.-backed peace deal for the Great Lakes region on Saturday,  pledging to end genocide, war, hunger and disease that killed 3  million over more than a decade.
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UK Prime Minister Tony Blair this week will put efforts to curb disease and poverty in Africa at the center of the agenda of the Group of Eight industrial nations next year.
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African leaders were due to declare a joint vision Tuesday on how their continent should be governed at the end of a summit focused on forging a closer union which exposed rifts over the pace of change.
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Rwanda plans to import a generic  HIV/AIDS medicine made in Canada, making it the first country  to test a World Trade Organization waiver on drug patents, the  WTO said on Friday.
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Heads of state from 17 African countries attended the opening of an African Union summit in Burkina Faso to craft a jobs creation plan to lift hundreds of millions out of poverty.
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Trade between China and Africa reached a record $55 billion last year, much of it coming from oil and metals.