COMESA-EAC-SADC Tripartite Agreement

1. Introduction to COMESA-EAC-SADC Tripartite Agreement
2. Institutional framework of the Tripartite Agreement
3. Areas of intervention of COMESA-EAC-SADC Tripartite Agreement
4. Tripartite Free Trade Agreement (FTA)
   1. Trade-Related mechanisms
5. Trade and transport facilitation
6. Infrastructure Development
7. Corridors and infrastructure in COMESA-SADC-EAC Tripartite Area
   1. North-South Corridor (NSC)
8. Case Study: Mechanism for Reporting, Monitoring, and Eliminating Non-Tariff Barriers
9. The African Continental Free Trade Area

Sample - COMESA-EAC-SADC Tripartite

The educational aims of the Subject “COMESA-EAC-SADC Tripartite Agreement” are:

1. To understand the goals (single customs union) and cooperation areas of COMESA-EAC-SADC Tripartite Agreement
2. To evaluate the benefits for the tripartite members
3. To understand the advantages of the tripartite Free Trade Area (FTA)
4. To analyze Trade Facilitation programs, transport corridors, and non-tariff barriers removal of COMESA-EAC-SADC Tripartite
5. To understand the tripartite agreement as a step towards the African Continental Free Trade Area

The Subject “COMESA-EAC-SADC Free Trade Agreement” is included within the curriculum of the following academic programs at EENI Global Business School:

Courses: Business in Central Africa, East Africa, Southern Africa.

Doctorate in African Business.

Master in Business in Africa, International Business.

Languages: or Tripartite COMESA-EAC-SADC Tripartido COMESA-EAC-SADC Tripartito COMESA-EAC-SADC.

COMESA-EAC-SADC Tripartite Free Trade Agreement consists of...

Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) members economies: Burundi, Comoros, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Kenya, Libya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritius, Rwanda, Seychelles, Somalia, Sudan, Tunisia, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.

EAC (East African Community) members: Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Rwanda, and Burundi.

Southern African Development Community (SADC) members: Angola, Botswana, the DR Congo, Comoros, Eswatini, Lesotho, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, the Seychelles, South Africa, Tanzania, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.

Comparative table of COMESA-EAC-SADC Tripartite Free Trade Agreement:

The main objective of COMESA-EAC-SADC Tripartite is the creation of a single economic area:

1. Free Trade Area
2. Customs Union
3. Monetary Union
4. Common Market

Moreover, improvement of regional infrastructures.

Topics covered by COMESA-EAC-SADC Tripartite FTA are:

1. Non-tariff, Technical Barriers to Trade (TBT)
2. Rules of Origin
3. Customs Cooperation
4. Transit facilities
5. Trade remedies
6. Competition Policy
7. Standards
8. Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures
9. Businessman Movement
10. Intellectual Property Rights (IPR)
11. Dispute Settlement

COMESA-EAC-SADC Tripartite FTA belongs to African Civilization.

1. Southern African Economic Area
2. East African Economic Area
3. Central African Economic Area

Main corridors in the Tripartite Region.

1. Cairo-Gaborone Logistics Corridor
2. Tripoli-Windhoek
3. Beira-Lobito Logistics Corridor
4. Lagos-Mombasa
5. Asia-Africa Logistics Corridor

Largest ports in COMESA-EAC-SADC Tripartite region:

1. Port Said
2. Suez Canal
3. Port Sudan
4. Port of Djibouti
5. Port of Mombasa
6. Port of Dar es-Salaam
7. Port of Luanda
8. Port of Maputo
9. Port of Durban

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