African Continental Free Trade Area

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free trade area international agreement trade bloc

The African Continental Free Trade Area is a pan-African trade bloc aimed at creating a single continental market to boost intra-African trade, economic integration, and development across African Union member states.

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All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
African Continental Free Trade Area canonical 12
Agreement Establishing the African Continental Free Trade Area 5
AfCFTA 1

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf free trade area ⓘ
international agreement ⓘ
trade bloc ⓘ
continent Africa ⓘ
entryIntoForceDate 2019-05-30 ⓘ
founder African Union ⓘ
headquartersCity Accra ⓘ
headquartersCountry Ghana ⓘ
language Arabic ⓘ
English ⓘ
French ⓘ
Portuguese ⓘ
Spanish ⓘ
legalBasis African Continental Free Trade Area self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Agreement Establishing the African Continental Free Trade Area
membershipStatus open to all African Union member states ⓘ
memberType African Union member state ⓘ
negotiationPhase Phase I ⓘ
Phase II ⓘ
objective boost intra-African trade ⓘ
create a single continental market for goods and services ⓘ
facilitate movement of capital and people ⓘ
lay the foundation for a continental customs union ⓘ
promote economic integration in Africa ⓘ
support sustainable development in African countries ⓘ
parentOrganization African Union ⓘ
phaseIISubject competition policy ⓘ
intellectual property rights ⓘ
investment ⓘ
phaseISubject dispute settlement mechanism ⓘ
trade in goods ⓘ
trade in services ⓘ
policyArea economic integration ⓘ
non-tariff barrier reduction ⓘ
regulatory cooperation ⓘ
tariff reduction ⓘ
trade liberalization ⓘ
relatedInitiative Agenda 2063 ⓘ
surface form: African Union Agenda 2063
relatedOrganization Regional Economic Communities in Africa ⓘ
scope competition policy ⓘ
dispute settlement ⓘ
intellectual property rights ⓘ
investment ⓘ
trade in goods ⓘ
trade in services ⓘ
secretariat AfCFTA Secretariat ⓘ
secretariatLocation Accra ⓘ
shortName African Continental Free Trade Area self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: AfCFTA
signingCity Kigali ⓘ
signingCountry Rwanda ⓘ
signingStartDate 2018-03-21 ⓘ
tradingStartDate 2021-01-01 ⓘ

Referenced by (19)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Africa → hasRegionalOrganization → African Continental Free Trade Area ⓘ
African Continental Free Trade Area → shortName → African Continental Free Trade Area self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: AfCFTA
African Continental Free Trade Area → legalBasis → African Continental Free Trade Area self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Agreement Establishing the African Continental Free Trade Area
African Monetary Union → relatedTo → African Continental Free Trade Area ⓘ
Agenda 2063 → hasFlagshipProject → African Continental Free Trade Area ⓘ
Tunisian economy → tradeBlocMembership → African Continental Free Trade Area ⓘ
AfCFTA Secretariat → legalBasis → African Continental Free Trade Area ⓘ
this entity surface form: Agreement Establishing the African Continental Free Trade Area
AfCFTA Secretariat → establishedBy → African Continental Free Trade Area ⓘ
this entity surface form: Agreement Establishing the African Continental Free Trade Area
STC on Trade, Industry and Minerals → associatedWith → African Continental Free Trade Area ⓘ
Regional Economic Communities in Africa → supports → African Continental Free Trade Area ⓘ
Single African Air Transport Market → relatedTo → African Continental Free Trade Area ⓘ
African Passport and Free Movement of People → isLinkedTo → African Continental Free Trade Area ⓘ
Economy of Morocco → regionalIntegration → African Continental Free Trade Area ⓘ
Europe–Africa transport network → isInfluencedBy → African Continental Free Trade Area ⓘ
Council of Ministers responsible for Trade of the AfCFTA → partOf → African Continental Free Trade Area ⓘ
Council of Ministers responsible for Trade of the AfCFTA → jurisdiction → African Continental Free Trade Area ⓘ
Council of Ministers responsible for Trade of the AfCFTA → membership → African Continental Free Trade Area ⓘ
this entity surface form: AfCFTA State Parties
Council of Ministers responsible for Trade of the AfCFTA → establishedBy → African Continental Free Trade Area ⓘ
this entity surface form: Agreement Establishing the African Continental Free Trade Area
Council of Ministers responsible for Trade of the AfCFTA → legalBasis → African Continental Free Trade Area ⓘ
this entity surface form: Agreement Establishing the African Continental Free Trade Area