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SUMMARY:Plenary session - Tariff turbulence: global trade shocks and Afri
 can legal responses
DESCRIPTION:The Trump administration’s aggressive use of tariffs under na
 tional security and unfair trade justifications disrupted global trade f
 lows\, redrew supply chains and exposed legal vulnerabilities in overdep
 endent economies. Though Africa wasn’t directly targeted\, the ripple ef
 fects – trade diversion\, higher input costs and weakened multilateralis
 m – have been significant. As African nations reassess their tariff regi
 mes amid global pressure and local industrial goals\, this session explo
 res the evolving legal frameworks and strategic implications.\n\nPanel d
 iscussion topics include:\n\n\n	Legal basis of Trump-era tariffs: US Tra
 de Act sections 232 and 301\n	WTO disputes and the erosion of multilater
 al norms: impacts on Africa\n	Tariff realignments disrupting African tra
 de and investment contracts\n	Balancing industrial policy with free trad
 e commitments\n	Legal strategies for protecting African industries under
  AfCFTA and WTO rules\n	Implications for trade negotiations\, dispute re
 solution and investor-state arbitration\n	What African lawyers must anti
 cipate in a geopolitically-driven trade landscape\n\n
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