Presenting collaborative research by the Trade Law Centre (tralac) and the National Agricultural Marketing Council (NAMC), this book focuses on the group of developing countries that are now commonly referred to as the BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China, and, since 2011, South Africa).  Key aspects of the trade and investment relationships among these countries are [...]

The Monitoring Regional Integration Yearbook reviews regional integration developments in Southern Africa. We are currently inviting proposals for the 2012 edition of the Yearbook. This Project is supported by the Trade Law Centre (tralac) and the Konrad Adenauer Foundation. Proposal for papers are invited for the 2012 edition of the Yearbook, focusing on regional developments, [...]

This is tralac’s third book focusing on the Tripartite Free Trade Area (T-FTA).  The two previous books are available on the tralac website (www.tralac.org).  Following an economic assessment of the impact of T-FTA, with specific emphasis on agriculture and agri-business development opportunities in this region, as well as non-tariff barriers that limit intraregional trade and [...]

Introduction Monitoring the process of regional integration in southern Africa in 2011 Trudi Hartzenberg, Gerhard Erasmus, André du Pisani   A number of important trade-related developments took place in southern Africa in 2011.  Developments on the rest of the African continent as well as in the global economy had important implications for the southern African [...]

Introduction The Heads of State and Government of the 26 member states of the Common Market for East and Southern Africa (COMESA), the East African Community (EAC) and the Southern African Development Community (SADC) agreed in October 2008 to establish a grand Free Trade Area (FTA) which is now referred to as the Tripartite FTA [...]

The Monitoring Regional Integration Yearbook 2010 marks the tenth edition of this publication.  This monitoring exercise, ten years on, is no less relevant than it was at the project’s inception.  Although there have been significant regional developments during the past decade, many challenges still remain.  During the past decade developments in the Southern African Development [...]

In recent years countries have increasingly become focussed on enhancing market access through regional integration in light of the stalled decade-long WTO Doha round of trade of negotiations.  Africa is no exception and in 2008, Heads of State and Government from the member states of the regional economic communities (RECs) of the Common Market for [...]

During 2009 several important developments highlighted specific challenges for policy makers in Southern Africa.  The global economic crisis continued to impact on the region in 2009, and as the fall out of the crisis in the euro region manifests, it is clear that the open economies of southern Africa will not be isolated from these [...]

During 2009 several important developments highlighted specific challenges for policy makers in Southern Africa.  The global economic crisis continued to impact on the region in 2009, and as the fall out of the crisis in the euro region manifests, it is clear that the open economies of southern Africa will not be isolated from these [...]

Preface There has been renewed interest in regional integration in Africa in the last few years.  Political ambitions to progress along the linear path of regional integration from free trade areas (FTA) to customs unions, and even to achieve monetary union, have led to the reiteration of commitments to tight deadlines especially to move from [...]

Ron Sandrey, a tralac Associate, comments on?the South African trading environment and FTA prospects with Mercosur. The timing of the third book in tralac‘s ‘South Africa’s way ahead’ series exploring trade policy options fits perfectly with the recent interest in examining both South Africa’s Industrial Policy and Trade Policy. The book details the implications of [...]

The World Trade Organisation: An African Perspective, more than a decade later The current Round of trade negotiations is the first ‘Development Round.’  Given the challenges of addressing development issues in the context of trade negotiations in the WTO, which is not a development institution, it should not be surprising that the current negotiations are [...]

  ‘The Trade Law Centre for Southern Africa (tralac) in collaboration with The Konrad Adenauer Foundation (KAF) and the Namibian Economic Policy Research Unit (NEPRU) have launched of the Monitoring Regional Integration Yearbook for 2007 at three events that took place during the first week of March in Cape Town, Pretoria and Windhoek.Book introduction: 2007 [...]

Most discussions of economic development in Africa focus on regional integration as an important element. From the first post-colonial meetings, African leaders emphasised regional integration as a key element of their strategies. In the most recent African plan for economic development, the New Partnership for Africa’s Development(NEPAD), regional and sub-regional approaches to developent are again [...]

tralac, together with the Konrad Adenauer Foundation hosted the launch of the Monitoring Regional Integration in Southern Africa Yearbook for 2006. The collection of papers assesses different dimensions of regional integration in southern Africa. These include trade integration, security co-operation, guidelines for democratic governance and military co-operation on the continental as well as regional levels. [...]

Monitoring Regional Integration in Southern Africa Yearbook 2008 The book was launched in Cape Town on 30 March 2009.  The photo shows tralac‘s Executive Director, Trudi Hartzenberg with Dr Anton Bsl;sl, Resident Representative of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation.   2008 has been an eventful year for the Southern Africa region.  The Southern African Development Community (SADC) [...]

The following books are available for distribution to interested parties from  developing countries. The collaborative volume, “Redesigning the World Trade Organization for the 21st Century”, sponsored by the EDGE Network and published by Wilfred Laurier U Press with Centre for International Governance Innovation and International Development Research Centre (IDRC), has gone to the publisher and [...]

South Africa is interested in strengthening trade relations with developing country partners and is articulating a strong ‘Look East’ policy. Trade links with China and India seem to be high on the agenda. This is important in the context of the Southern Africa Customs Union (SACU) too. South Africa is the largest and most developed [...]