Tag: Dispute settlement
The WTO Dispute Settlement Impasse: What is happening?
12 Feb 24 BlogThe WTO’s Understanding on Dispute Settlement (DSU) provides World Trade Organisation (WTO) members with a legal framework for resolving trade disputes that arise between them wh...
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04 Aug 23 NewsSouth African farmers want WTO dispute declared over EU citrus rules (Engineering News)
South African citrus farmers want their government to lodge a complaint against the Europea...
What protection for Women under the AfCFTA Dispute Settlement Protocol?
25 Jan 23 BlogThe rights of women traders should be recognised and be protected to secure and improve their position under the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA). The proposed AfCFTA P...
African Trade and Integration: Law, Practice and the Courts
14 Oct 22 PublicationsPreface
Africa’s trade and integration initiatives, which aim to eventually establish the African Economic Community, are anchored in law. Members of the African Union conclude ...
Will Dispute Settlement Proceedings be a feature of the AfCFTA?
05 Sep 22 BlogIt will be a major advance towards rules-based trade if the AfCFTA Dispute Settlement Protocol will be used by the State Parties. They do not settle disputes about trade and region...
The new EU rules for citrus imports from South Africa: Background, applicable legal texts and processes, and the dispute declared by South Africa under the rules of the World Trade Organisation (WTO)
11 Aug 22 PublicationsCitrus fruits are one of the most important export products for the South African economy. The South African Citrus Growers Association (CGA) estimates that the country exported 15...
Dispute Settlement in and about the AfCFTA: What to expect?
29 Jul 22 BlogAfrican Governments do not settle their disputes about compliance with obligations in intra-African trade and economic integration agreements through adjudication. Adjudication is ...
Should the State Parties use the AfCFTA Dispute Settlement Mechanism?
01 Jul 22 BlogThe African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) Agreement contains a detailed dispute settlement Protocol.[1] It is modelled on the Dispute Settlement Understanding (DSU) of the W...
“But how do they settle their trade disputes if they never litigate against each other?”
10 Feb 22 BlogThis question was asked by someone (yes, it was a lawyer) participating in a recent tralac seminar. It was in response to a discussion in which we pointed out that sub-Saharan Afri...
What if? Another footnote to the demise of the SADC Tribunal: Henred Fruehauf Zambia Limited v Zambia Revenue Authority
01 Feb 22 BlogWhen the leaders of the SADC member states decided in 2012 to scupper the SADC Tribunal instead of standing up to the instigator, Zimbabwe, they might not have foreseen the institu...
REC Courts and the AfCFTA
24 Jan 22 BlogThe African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) adds an important new chapter to Africa’s economic integration agenda. The design of the AfCFTA regime will, however, require tha...
Dispute Settlement as a Trade Policy Choice
06 Oct 21 PublicationsTrade policy is context specific. It is about choices and objectives pursued by a particular State acting unilaterally (the scope of which is limited in respect of reciprocal trade...
The AfCFTA Dispute Settlement Mechanism as part of a continental Trade Regime
05 Oct 21 BlogArticle 20 of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) Founding Agreement provides for a Dispute Settlement Mechanism as part of the overall AfCFTA design. It reads:
A...
The Institutions of the Dispute Settlement Mechanism of the AfCFTA
05 Oct 21 BlogThe implementation of the Dispute Settlement Mechanism of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) is governed by a dedicated Protocol, the Protocol on Rules and Procedures...
How will Disputes be resolved under the AfCFTA Dispute Settlement Protocol?
05 Oct 21 PublicationsOne of the first accomplishments of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) negotiations was the adoption of the Protocol on Rules and Procedures on the Settlement of Disp...
How will Rulings regarding AfCFTA Disputes be implemented?
05 Oct 21 BlogDisputes declared in terms of the AfCFTA Dispute Settlement Protocol can be settled during the consultation phase, which comes first and is compulsory. Article 7 of the AfCFTA Disp...
Trade remedies and trade disputes: the case of the US-EU large aircraft dispute, and how these disputes can present opportunities for South Africa’s wine exports to the United States
30 Apr 21 PublicationsMost countries broadly aspire to free trade, and the benefits of international trade at times induce situations where governments support domestic industries with the objective of ...
Trade remedies and trade disputes: the case of the US-EU large aircraft dispute, and how these disputes can offer opportunities for South Africa’s wine exports to the United States
26 Apr 21 BlogOne of the primary intentions of WTO laws is to create a more even and fair playing field with respect to trade between WTO member states, and to ensure that trade takes place on a...
Trade remedies can offer export opportunities to unrelated parties: the case of the US-EU large aircraft dispute and opportunities for South Africa’s wine exports to the US
19 Apr 21 PublicationsTrade remedies and safeguards are key exceptions to the World Trade Organisation (WTO) principles of non-discrimination and transparency through binding commitments on tariffs and ...
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25 Feb 21 NewsCountry focus
Mboweni unveils R2 trillion Budget, focus on vaccine rollout, efficient spending (Eyewitness News)
Every national budget, in every nation across the globe, is a bal...