Forging an African services market: clarifying the rules to reinvent intra-African services trade in an era of continental economic integration

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Forging an African services market: clarifying the rules to reinvent intra-African services trade in an era of continental economic integration

January 23, 2025

Liberalization of trade in services is a different process from that of trade in goods. There are no tariffs on services, whereas there are on goods. Thus, liberalizing services does not entail reducing a duty on a product. Instead, countries must institute broad legal reforms, adopt national policies and address underlying public policy concerns to determine market entry rules and the treatment of 'foreign' service suppliers operating in their markets.

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Regions and Countries
Sustainable Development Goals