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03 July 2009:
- Exporters struggle to get trade loans
- WTO trims trade forecasts
- Kenyan govt pushed to implement anti-counterfeit law
02 July 2009:
highlights
- Hotseat Comment : Willemien Denner comments on increased protectionism and the implication for developing countries.
- Graduation 2009 Post-Graduate Diploma in Management Practice (Trade Law and Policy Management): "The course has improved my competencies at multiple levels." "It has provided me with the foundation to critically think through trade and management issues." "It has been to me a very long, tough, but worthwhile experience." Read more here...
Video Interviews
View a new interview with Dr Dickson Yeboah (Institute for Training and Technical Cooperation WTO), he comments on the kind of negotiating skills African countries need. View other video interviews in the tralac Media Library.
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The latest Weekly Customs, Excise, Tariff and Trade Remedy Summary Notificationpublications
- Read a new Working Paper by Sean Woolfrey:
An assessment of the trade measures proposed as part of the Department of Trade and Industry’s Draft Rescue Package for the clothing and textile industry.
events
- Invitation to all SA exporters and potential exporters from The Department of Trade and Industry to attend export promotion seminars for the SACU-EFTA Free Trade Agreement:
Pretoria: 15-16 July 2009
Cape Town: 17-18 July 2009.
Read more here. - Updated: Potsdam Spring Dialogues 2009 with the theme “The Key to Success in Peace and Development? Regional Governance in Africa”.
Read the Post-Conference Report here.