TRADE & REGIONAL INTEGRATION
Regional integration is critical to reap the benefits of trade. TULIP advises governments and regional bodies on how to enhance regional integration and address the challenges that come with it. Specifically, TULIP’s work in this area focuses on issues related to negotiations, design and implementation of various free trade agreements. Geographically, TULIP’s work in this area focuses on the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) and the Caribbean Community (CARICOM).
African Continental Free Trade Area
Operationalizing regional trade agreements
Policy coherence
Best practices
PROJECTS
International Trade Centre
Trade, gender, and the circular economy in Africa
Researching and writing a policy brief analyzing how the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) can be leveraged to create opportunity in the circular economy for women-owed businesses.
The Commonwealth Secretariat
Organization of Eastern Caribbean States
Project focused on digital trade, vulnerability, and the ocean's economy for the Organization of Eastern Caribbean States.
.jpg)
Caribbean Export Development Agency
Haiti and the Dominican Republic
Teaching a 3-day workshop about trade negotiations to government officials from Haiti and the Dominican Republic.
International Trade Centre
Non-tariff barriers in Africa
Challenging NTBs under the African Continental Free Trade Area.
International Trade Centre
Trade Facilitation and the AfCFTA
Analyzing regional implementation of trade facilitation under the AfCFTA.
PUBLICATIONS
"Nigeria’s Benin border closure is an early warning sign for the African Free Trade deal’s optimism"
The Brookings Institute
October 2019
The Brookings Institute
May 2020
