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(h)
resolve the challenges of multiple and overlapping memberships
and expedite the regional and continental integration processes.
Article 4
Specific Objectives
For purposes of fulfilling and realising the objectives set out in Article 3, State
Parties shall:
(a)
progressively eliminate tariffs and non-tariff barriers to trade in
goods;
(b)
progressively liberalise trade in services;
(c)
cooperate on investment,
competition policy;
(d)
cooperate on all trade-related areas;
(e)
cooperate on customs matters and the implementation of trade
facilitation measures;
(f)
establish a mechanism for the settlement of disputes concerning
their rights and obligations; and
(g)
establish and maintain an institutional framework for the
implementation and administration of the AfCFTA.
intellectual
property
rights
and
Article 5
Principles
The AfCFTA shall be governed by the following principles:
(a)
driven by Member States of the African Union;
(b)
RECs’ Free Trade Areas (FTAs) as building blocs for the AfCFTA;
(c)
variable geometry;
(d)
flexibility and special and differential treatment;
(e)
transparency and disclosure of information;
(f)
preservation of the acquis;
(g)
Most-Favoured-Nation (MFN) Treatment;
(h)
National Treatment;
(i)
reciprocity;