The Trade Facilitation Agreement: opportunities and threats for the private sector from the perspective of developing countries

Abstract

This paper was presented at the Inaugural INCU Global Conference “Trade Facilitation Post-Bali: Putting Policy into Practice” 21–23 May 2014 in Baku, Republic of Azerbaijan. The article describes the concept of the Trade Facilitation Agreement, its significance and the reasons why the TFA was proposed. The author also researches the issues of trade facilitation initiatives by the WCO, the Southern African Development Community and Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa position regarding trade facilitation and opportunities and threats for the private sector from the respective of developing countries.