AfCFTA and rules of origin for the textile and apparel industry in Africa

In this paper written by Professor Faizel Ismail,  Prachi Agarwal and Vuyiswa Mkhabela they use trade and production data on the industry, and lessons drawn from successful cases in the region that developed regional value chains. The paper finds that AfCFTA rules of origin can be used to create a large internal market to attract domestic, regional and international investments to spur production and exports from Africa.