Protocol on Trade in Services

Join the African International Economic Law Network (AfIELN) for the first in a series of webinars focused on the implementation of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA). In this session, Dr. Regis Simo from Queen's University Belfast will discuss the Protocol on Trade in Services, providing insights into its role and impact within the AfCFTA framework.

The provisions regarding the movement of people as services suppliers in the AfCFTA are a welcome development in the agenda of boosting intra-African trade in services. The next phases of trade in services are currently under negotiations at the end of which State Parties are expected to take specific commitments in sectors and modes of supply. It is only upon completion of that phase that the breadth and depth of service liberalization in the AfCFTA will be appreciated and possibly quantified.