Addis Ababa (Ethiopia) October 03, 2017, SPS. The Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic took part at the 7th Meeting of the Continental Free Trade Area Negotiating Forum (CFTA-NF) in presence of experts and consultants in the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa from October 2 to 7, 2017 to finalize lists of sensitive products and ban lists
The SADR is a founding member of CFTA-NF, which started in February 2016. It participated in all previous rounds of negotiations and contributed in the text of the draft agreement establishing the Free Trade Area .
The seventh round of negotiations focused on the identification of standards and modalities on tariff liberalization and exclusion lists, identification of sensitive products, and the discussion of draft Annex B on trade in services. SPS