African countries urged to harness nexus between industrialization, continental free trade


ADDIS ABABA, Oct. 20 (Xinhua) -- The African Union (AU) has called on African countries to mutually reinforce the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) Agreement with the continent's industrialization so as to effectively realize Africa's critical development aspirations.

"Advancing the AfCFTA and Africa's industrialization side-by-side with deliberate efforts to realize the mutually reinforcing interdependences between the two will provide Africa's critical success pillar and condition for Agenda 2063," the AU said in a statement.

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