What is African Continental Free Trade Area?
The '''African Continental Free Trade Area''' ('''AfCFTA''')<ref name=aj>{{cite web| url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2018/03/african-continental-free-trade-area-afcfta-180317191954318.html |title=African Continental Free Trade Area: What you need to know|work=[[Al Jazeera]] |author=Loes Witschge |date=March 20, 2018}}</ref> is a [[free trade]] area founded in 2018. The trade system officially began on 1 January 2021.<ref name=AUJun2018SummitPressRelease>{{cite web |url=https://au.int/en/pressreleases/20180706/summary-key-decisions-and-declarations-31st-african-union-summit |title=Summary of the key decisions and declarations of the 31st African Union Summit |date=July 6, 2018 | publisher=African Union |access-date=September 17, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-03-21/africa-set-to-agree-3-trillion-trade-bloc-without-key-economy |title=Africa Set to Agree $3 Trillion Trade Bloc, Without Key Economy |date=2018-03-21 |work=Bloomberg.com |language=en |df=mdy-all |access-date=2018-03-21}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.africanews.com/2018/03/21/forty-four-countries-sign-historic-africa-union-free-trade-agreement/ |title=Forty-four countries sign historic African Union free trade agreement {{!}} Africanews |last=AfricaNews |work=Africanews |access-date=2018-03-21 |language=en}}</ref> It was created by the '''African Continental Free Trade Agreement''' among 54 of the 55 [[African Union]] nations.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://au.int/en/pressreleases/20180706/summary-key-decisions-and-declarations-31st-african-union-summit|title=Summary of the key decisions and declarations of the 31st African Union Summit {{!}} African Union|website=au.int |df=mdy-all |access-date=2019-04-07}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{2020s in history}} {{politics-stub}} [[Category:Politics of Africa]] [[Category:January 2021 events]]