Regulation of African Trade The Impact of the African Continental Free Trade Area

 1. The African Continental Free Trade Area and the Reshaping of International Economic Law

Makane Moïse Mbengue, Jędrzej Górski and Kehinde Olaoye

Part I: Foundations of the African Continental Free Trade Area

2. Facilitating Intra-African Trade under AfCFTA: Addressing Challenges of Cross-Border Barriers

Emmanuel Laryea

3. From Eurocentrism to Afrocentrism: Redefining the Future of Africa's Investment Policy

Chrispas Nyombi and Ronald Kaddu

4. A preliminary economy-wide assessment of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA)

Oluwasola E. Omoju and Emily E. Ikhide

5. MFN in Services Trade: A Comparative Analysis of the General Agreement on Trade in Services and the African Continental Free Trade Area Agreement

Sadia Bakarr

Part II: AfCFTA Dispute Settlement Mechanism

6. State Sovereignty and Dispute Settlement in the African Continental Free Trade Area

Alex Ansong

7. The AfCfta Dispute Settlement Mechanism: A Page From The Wrong Book?

Francesco Seatzu and Paolo Vargiu

8. Original: Law, Lawyering and Legalism: Matters Arising under the African Continental Free Trade Agreement Dispute Resolution Mechanism

Oladejo 'Dejo' Olowu

Part III: Regionalism Africa's economic governance

9. Regional Economic Communities as the Building Blocs of the African Continental Free Trade Area Agreement

Collins C Ajibo, Chidebe M. Nwankwo, Eghosa O Ekhator

10. Leveraging the AfCFTA's Rules of Origin to Promote Investment Flows in Africa: What Lessons Can Be Drawn From SADC?

Dennis Ndonga, Anahita Riegler

11. Non-Tariff Barriers in the East African Community: Is the African Continental Free Trade Area the Long-Awaited "Messiah"?

Akinyi J. Eurallyah

12. The Dragon's Aid: Demystifying the impact of Chinese Lending and the imperatives for modernising foreign investment policy in East Africa

Chrispas Nyombi and Ronald Kaddu

13. Investment treaty practices between AfCFTA states and the Eurasian Economic Union states and potentials for the AfCFTA/EEU investment treaty

Roman Zykov

Biography

Jędrzej Górski, MJur (Warsaw), PhD (CUHK) is an independent consultant in international trade, infrastructure, and government procurement policy and regulation. He has a diverse background in consultancy and research, also covering development finance, and the regulatory aspects of infrastructure and energy sectors. Dr. Górski conducted research at institutions, including the Chinese University of Hong Kong, Melbourne Law School, UCL Australia, and City University of Hong Kong. He also has prior experience with CMS Cameron McKenna LLP in Warsaw. His academic contributions include several co-edited volumes on international economic law and political economy, regional integration, as well as social license and energy transitions.

Makane Moïse Mbengue is Professor of International Law at the Faculty of Law of the University of Geneva and Director of the Department of International Law and International Organization. He is also an Affiliate Professor at Sciences Po Paris (School of Law). He holds a Ph.D. in Public International Law from the University of Geneva. Since 2017, he is the President of the African Society of International Law (AfSIL). He is also an Associate Member of the Institut de Droit International and a Member of the Curatorium of The Hague Academy of International Law. He is a Member of the ICSID Panel of Arbitrators.

Kehinde Folake Olaoye is an assistant professor of commercial law at the Hamad Bin Khalifa University (HBKU), College of Law, Qatar. Before joining HBKU, she was a postdoctoral researcher and lecturer at the School of Law, City University of Hong Kong. Kehinde obtained degrees in law from the Chinese University of Hong Kong, King’s College London and the University of Ibadan. She is qualified to practice law in Nigeria and worked as an international arbitration and dispute resolution trainee in the Hong Kong office of an international law firm.