预计非洲领导人将于周三聚集在卢旺达，发起他们说将成为世界上最大的国家自由贸易区。
非盟的旗舰项目之一是建立由55个非洲联盟成员组成的非洲大陆自由贸易区（CFTA），累计GDP达2.5万亿美元。
非洲最大市场之一的尼日利亚总统穆罕默杜·布哈里（Muhammadu Buhari）本周取消了参加基加利发射场的计划，并在商业领袖反对加入自由贸易区之后呼吁进行更多磋商。
尼日利亚国际贸易顾问索拉·阿福拉比（Sola Afolabi）表示：“ CFTA的签署使非洲在纸面上看起来不错，但要实施，将遇到很多麻烦。”
预计将有27位国家元首出席基加利会议。 尚不清楚谁将立即登录CFTA。
从这篇文章中可以得到什么：
- “The signature of the CFTA is something that makes Africa look good on paper, but for implementation it's going to have a lot of hiccups,” according to Sola Afolabi, a Nigeria-based international trade consultant.
- Muhammadu Buhari, president of one of Africa's largest markets Nigeria, this week canceled plans to attend the Kigali launch and called for more consultations after business leaders objected to joining the free trade area.
- Africa's leaders are expected to gather in Rwanda Wednesday to launch what they say will be the world's largest free trade area in terms of countries.
