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Proposed trade agreement

The Tripartite Free Trade Area (TFTA) is a partially implemented African free trade agreement between the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA), Southern African Development Community (SADC) and East African Community (EAC). The 29 tripartite member/partner countries represent 53% of the African Union's membership, more than 60% of continental GDP ($1.88 trillion), and a combined population of 800 million.

Negotiations between the three trade blocs first began in June 2011. On June 10, 2015, a deal was signed in Egypt, pending ratification by the participating countries.

The TFTA entered into force on July 25, 2024, after the requirement of 14 countries ratifying the agreement had been met. The 14 countries that now trade under the TFTA are Angola, Botswana, Burundi, Egypt, Eswatini, Kenya, Lesotho, Malawi, Namibia, Rwanda, South Africa, Uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe, accounting for 75% of tripartite GDP in 2022. Djibouti has also ratified the agreement.

The TFTA is intended to become part of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA), which was kickstarted in 2015 at the 25th African Union Summit in Johannesburg, South Africa and is to include all 54 African Union states as members of the free trade area.

Partner states

Country	Current Trade Zone(s)
Angola	SADC
Botswana	SADC
Burundi	COMESA & EAC
Comoros	COMESA
Djibouti	COMESA
Democratic Republic of the Congo	COMESA & SADC
Egypt	COMESA
Eritrea	COMESA
Eswatini	COMESA & SADC
Ethiopia	COMESA
Kenya	COMESA & EAC
Lesotho	SADC
Libya	COMESA
Madagascar	COMESA & SADC
Malawi	COMESA & SADC
Mauritius	COMESA & SADC
Mozambique	SADC
Namibia	SADC
Rwanda	COMESA & EAC
Seychelles	COMESA & SADC
Somalia	COMESA & EAC
South Africa	SADC
South Sudan	EAC
Sudan	COMESA
Tanzania	SADC & EAC
Tunisia	COMESA
Uganda	COMESA & EAC
Zambia	COMESA & SADC
Zimbabwe	COMESA & SADC

References

^ "Tripartite Cooperation | SADC". www.sadc.int. Retrieved July 24, 2024.
^ "COMESA-EAC-SADC Tripartite Trade Area to come into force 25th July, 2024". www.eac.int. Retrieved July 24, 2024.
"Africa creates TFTA - Cape to Cairo free-trade zone". BBC News. Retrieved June 10, 2015.
"EAC, Comesa, Sadc merger into seamless market begins Thursday". The East African. July 22, 2024. Retrieved July 24, 2024.
Luke, David; Sodipo, Babajide (June 23, 2015). "Launch of the Continental Free Trade Area: New prospects for African trade?". International Centre for Trade and Sustainable Development. Retrieved December 26, 2015.

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