Trade/Commerce Trade Policy & Regulations
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One Voice, Many Side Chats: ECOWAS’s Unified Negotiator vs. Its Own Members Going Solo
A Historical In-depth Discovery of Trade in West Africa Since 1896 Here’s what you need to know: ECOWAS just extended, with real ceremony, the m…
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Free Don’t Mean Easy: What China’s Zero-Tariff Gift Actually Solves (And What It Doesn’t)
A Historical In-depth Discovery of Trade in West Africa Since 1896 Here’s what you need to know: This blog has already documented, in detail, ho…
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One Voice, Two Courtrooms: Dangote’s New Regional Role Meets His Old Domestic Fight
A Historical In-depth Discovery of Trade in West Africa Since 1896 Here’s what you need to know: ECOWAS just handed Aliko Dangote the job of rep…
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Foundation’s Been Laid: What ECOWAS’s 2026 Cybersecurity Endorsement Actually Builds On
A Historical In-depth Discovery of Trade in West Africa Since 1896 Here’s what you need to know: Headlines describing ECOWAS’s 2026 cybers…
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New Tools, Old Deal: Senegal & Mali’s 60-Year-Old Transit Framework Gets a 2026 Upgrade
A Historical In-depth Discovery of Trade in West Africa Since 1896 Here’s what you need to know: Senegal and Mali have been formally cooperating…
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No Refs on the Court: Why WTO’s Dispute System Can’t Actually Referee Anyone’s Tariff Fights Right Now
A Historical In-depth Discovery of Trade in West Africa Since 1896 Here’s what you need to know: This isn’t really a story about whether W…
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Double Billed: The Second Layer of Cost Behind AES’s New Development Bank
A Historical In-depth Discovery of Trade in West Africa Since 1896 Here’s what you need to know: This blog has already documented what the 0.5% …
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Still Countin’: ECOWAS’s Fifth Attempt at a Single Currency Launch Date
A Historical In-depth Discovery of Trade in West Africa Since 1896 Here’s what you need to know: 2027 isn’t ECOWAS’s first target da…
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Zero Out of Fifteen: The Irony Behind ECOWAS’s Free Movement Push
A Historical In-depth Discovery of Trade in West Africa Since 1896 Here’s what you need to know: ECOWAS has spent decades being held up as the A…
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Sleeping on It: How 15 Dormant Years Cost Orano Its Biggest Niger Deposit
A Historical In-depth Discovery of Trade in West Africa Since 1896 Here’s what you need to know: Orano held the rights to one of the largest ura…