Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, November 23 2011/African Press Organization (APO) / - Founded African Trade Forum (ATF) 2011, all trade in Africa by mobilizing multi-stakeholder policy dialogue on the promotion of the formerStrategic objectives and the current United Nations Conference Centre in Addis Ababa (UNCC), starting at the internal-African trade, the rest of the world with all the major issues related to trade in Africa, discuss and exchange views on Africa and the rest of the world in general trade constituencies. One of the specific objectives of the forum to discuss and trade as well as the African Ministerial Meeting, "to amplify the internal African trade 'theme in January 2012Summit of the African Union will be the head of the United States to agree to a specific input.

In his opening the African Union Commission, Mr. Erastus Mwencha behalf of the Chairman of the fast track continental free trade area in the African trade ministers meeting in Kigali decision of October last year, recalls the remark. He no longer inter-African trade in January 2012 in order to amplify the summit's decision to summon the heads of the United States to dedicate.Mr. Mwencha inside the Forum - to discuss critical issues of trade in Africa, with a large multi-sector stakeholders in order to provide the basis for a rare opportunity to emphasize that. He "AUC for the reduction of trade and integration issues in Africa (ECA) of the AUC and the United Nations Economic Commission for both the formation of a work program to provide guidance on the results of the Forum is expected." Assured

United Nations - Secretary-General in his opening remarks the Executive Secretary of ECA, Mr. Abdoulie Janneh stressed, "he72% of Europe and Asia, compared to 52% from just 11% of total trade intra-African trade, and its scope for expansion of trade in the region is clear that there is a lot. "He's no longer in spite of many constraints inter-African trade with the opportunity to establish the success story of the inaugural forum, he said, referring to the importance of.

African Development Bank's Resident Representative, Mr. Lamin Barrow, Intra-African trade is already a regional economic community, but not vigorous implementation of these agreements and protocols, driven by numerous trade agreements and protocols have been agreed in the context of what is needed to improve on their part stated.

Ethiopia, the federal government's Industry Minister, Mr. Mekonnen Manyazewal in AfricaIn international trade, profit sharing, and it is recommended to improve the continent from the four main cables will solve the supply side constraints: The main products manufactured products in the transaction to move forward the infrastructure and logistics, and building institutional capacity, improve investment in human capital . He further highlighted the main discussion points of the forum, they should be offered.

Forum on the African Union Commission (AUC), African Development Cooperation of the African Trade Policy Centre (ATPC), Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA), with funding from the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa initiative is organized by the Bank (AfDB) and other partners.

Forum participants a high level of policy makers and government officials, private sector, civil society members, development partners, academics and researchers, RECs, development corridor management institutions, is derived from export promotion agencies and the media.


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