The WTO and the trade of Africa as a whole

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• The history in general of trade in Africa as a whole

Trying Not to Be Caught Napping in Trade

From IPS, 13 April 1998. In Harare, African trade ministers and experts of the OAU and African Economic Community (AEC) have their first meeting in preparation for the WTO summit in Seattle, at which they say that they must be prepared to play an active part in designing the agenda of trade negotiations affecting Africa and shaping their results.

African nations against new issues in WTO

By Martin Khor, Third World Network Features, 15 May 1999. A new round of negotiations at the WTO would entail an ‘unsustainable burden’ on developing countries, and if there is such a round it should not include new issues. So concluded a workshop in Kampala, with the participation of over 40 senior trade policy officials from 21 Eastern and Southern African countries.

Civil Society Rejects Attempts To Expand WTO Powers

By Lewis Machipisa, IPS, 9 September 1999. A group of civil society rejects attempts to expand the powers of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) and calls for a review of the existing agreements and an assessment of the world trade body.