Push for AfCFTA implementation to mitigate impact of US-Iran war

The burden of the ongoing conflict between the US and Iran is disproportionately and indiscriminately being carried by the developing countries through trade. Inferably, these are no ordinary times, the conflict epitomises a major a ticking seismic reconfiguration of global alliances that is driven by the changes of the balance of power toward East and waning dominance of the West.

Consequentially, it is transforming globalisation from a unified, efficiency-drive system into a fragmented autarkic ideologically aligned. The ramifications of this seismic shift will likely be dire and far-reaching. Thus, a policy intervention with a long-term view is needed.