The CFTA and the Structural Transformation Agenda in Africa
Channel: Regions Refocus
Date: 2017-01-12

This eight-minute Virtual Teach-in Video has been compiled from the Africa Trade Network Civil Society Convening on the Continental Free Trade Area, co-convened by Third World Network-Africa and Regions Refocus in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia from 26-27 November 2016. Tetteh Hormeku-Ajei, Head of Programmes at Third World Network-Africa, outlines the historical background behind Africa's contemporary situation in the global trade regime, highlighting challenges of market access, liberalization, and externalization of wealth. This overview sets a political context for the ongoing CFTA negotiations at the African Union, providing a helpful grounding in the macroeconomic implications of the potential decision to create a Free Trade Area for the African continent.