Trucks at the Malaba border between Kenya and Uganda. African countries have set December 2017 as the deadline for completion of negotiations on the establishment of the Continental Free Trade Area PHOTO |FILE
African countries have agreed to give more options to countries joining the Continental Free Trade Area when it comes to removal of duties on items critical for their economic progress.
At the fifth CFTA Negotiating Forum held in Addis Ababa last month, member states agreed to liberalise between 85 and 95 per cent of their tariff lines in a tiered manner over a decade.
