Experts urge strategic alignment of Africa's development goals with multilateral trading system


  • World
  • Saturday, 24 May 2025

ADDIS ABABA, May 23 (Xinhua) -- Experts and policymakers have emphasized the need to ensure the strategic alignment between Africa's continental development targets and the multilateral trading system under the World Trade Organization (WTO).

This came during the 11th African Union Commission on International Law (AUCIL) Forum, held at the AU headquarters in the Ethiopian capital of Addis Ababa from Thursday to Friday, under the theme "International Law, WTO Reform, and Implementation of the AfCFTA (African Continental Free Trade Area)."

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