{"id":635535,"date":"2017-12-06T04:12:39","date_gmt":"2017-12-06T04:12:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2017\/12\/06\/new-african-fta-by-july\/"},"modified":"2017-12-06T04:12:39","modified_gmt":"2017-12-06T04:12:39","slug":"new-african-fta-by-july","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2017\/12\/06\/new-african-fta-by-july\/","title":{"rendered":"New African FTA by July?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>New African FTA? <\/strong>Trade and Industry Minister Tarek Kabil said yesterday that African countries are exploring establishing a continental freetrade area by next July. The issue came up during Kabil\u2019s talks with the African Union\u2019s Trade and Industry Commissioner Albert Muchanga in Cairo earlier this week, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ahram.org.eg\/News\/202482\/5\/626305\/%D8%A7%D9%82%D8%AA%D8%B5%D8%A7%D8%AF\/%D9%82%D8%A7%D8%A8%D9%8A%D9%84-%D8%A7%D8%AA%D9%81%D8%A7%D9%82%D9%8A%D8%A7%D8%AA-%D9%84%D8%AA%D8%AD%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%B1-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AA%D8%AC%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%A9-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%81%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%82%D9%8A%D8%A9-%D9%8A%D9%88%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%88-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D9%82.aspx\">Al Ahram reports.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New African FTA? Trade and Industry Minister Tarek Kabil said yesterday that African countries are exploring establishing a continental freetrade area by next July. 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