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10/12/2025

Ministry of External Trade

TECHNICAL MEETING WITH THE WORLD BANK DELEGATION ON ACCELERATION OF THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE TRADE FACILITATION AND INTEGRATION PROJECT IN THE GREAT LAKES REGION- PFCGIL

Acceleration of the implementation of the Trade Facilitation and Integration Project in the Great Lakes Region-PFCIGL, concrete and realistic strat...

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08/12/2025

Ministry of External Trade

China: trade surplus soars and exceeds $1,000 billion for the first time

If exports to the United States fell sharply, the increase in those to the rest of the world largely compensated. Enough to reinforce the fears of ...

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04/12/2025

Ministry of External Trade

46th MEETING OF THE COMESA COUNCIL OF MINISTERS IN LUSAKA, ZAMBIA: THE DRC, THROUGH ITS MINISTER OF FOREIGN TRADE, ADVOCATED FOR RESPECT FOR THE RULES OF ORIGIN OF PRODUCTS IN THE COMESA AREA AND THE STRENGTHENING OF ITS PARTNERSHIP WITH THE UNITED NATIONS CONFERENCE ON TRADE AND DEVELOPMENT- UNCTAD

The Minister of Foreign Trade, Julien Paluku Kahongya represented the Democratic Republic of Congo at the 46th meeting of the Council of Ministers ...

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03/12/2025

Ministry of External Trade

THIRD OPERATIONALIZATION MEETING OF THE ADVISORY CENTER FOR THE SETTLEMENT OF DISPUTES BETWEEN INVESTORS AND STATES IN PARIS (FRANCE):

After having sealed strategic partnerships with the World Trade Organization-WTO through the Reinforced Integrated Framework-CIR, but also the Unit...

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02/12/2025

Ministry of External Trade

UNCTAD Trade Facilitation Capacity Building Program reaches 10-year milestone

Through this program, UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD) and its partners are helping more than 80 economies boost trade by reducing red tape and ha...

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27/11/2025

Ministry of External Trade

Fragmentation of international trade: a new division of relations between States

This new dynamic, often described as fragmentation, now favors security of supplies and political alliances, at the risk of calling into question t...

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26/11/2025

Ministry of External Trade

AFRICA DIGITAL INNOVATION SUMMIT IN KINSHASA: THE CONSOLIDATION OF THE DIGITALIZATION OF IMPORT, EXPORT AND TRANSIT OF GOODS OPERATIONS AND THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE COMMERCIAL INFORMATION PORTAL-PIC PRESENTED BY MINISTER JULIEN PALUKU KAHONGYA

Developing this Tuesday, November 25, 2025 in Kinshasa the theme "digital as a lever for the promotion of foreign trade", at the Africa Digital Inn...

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25/11/2025

Ministry of External Trade

OFFICIAL LAUNCH OF THE UNITED KINGDOM – DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO PARTNERSHIP

It is a winning bet for the Democratic Republic of Congo which is further consolidating its integration into international trade. The United Ki...

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25/11/2025

Ministry of External Trade

Trump taxes push Canada towards rapprochement with India and China

While American President Donald Trump has interrupted trade negotiations with Canada, Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney wants his country to move...

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