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LDCs in Africa – case study of Angola
22 Feb 2022 Trade Briefs PublicationsAngola is a resource-rich (predominantly oil, precious gems, and metals) sub-Saharan African country located on the west coast of Africa. It is one of the largest oil producers in ...
read moreDoes the AfCFTA provide for a new Approach to Regional Integration in Africa?
21 Feb 2022 Trade Briefs PublicationsRegional integration makes sense for Africa. Most African nations are developing countries with small domestic markets. Many are landlocked. Growth through economic integration has...
read moreTrade Remedies and Safeguards: Important for States and Private Parties
21 Feb 2022 Trade Briefs PublicationsPart 4 of the AfCFTA Protocol on Trade in Goods contains several provisions on trade remedies and safeguards. Article 17 states that the State Parties may apply anti-dumping and co...
read moreWill Trade Remedies be used as part of Trade Governance under the AfCFTA?
21 Feb 2022 Trade Briefs PublicationsVery few African States are active users of trade remedies and safeguards as part of their trade governance and trade policy implementation. Only four African countries – Egypt, ...
read moreThe AfCFTA Trade Remedy Regime can enhance rules-based Trade Governance
21 Feb 2022 Trade Briefs PublicationsSince only a small number of African States are active users of trade remedies and safeguards, the implementation of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) Agreement’s ...
read moreICT Policy Choices and Digital Development in Africa
21 Feb 2022 Trade Briefs PublicationsInformation and Communication Technology (ICT) policies are a key driver of ‘digital development’ – the extent of integration of a country or region into the global digital w...
read moreReview of Africa’s Road Transport Infrastructure
21 Feb 2022 Trade Briefs PublicationsThe implementation of the African Continental Trade Agreement (AfCFTA) has the potential to contribute to achieving a key objective of the AfCFTA, by boosting intra-Africa trade. T...
read moreThe SADC Protocol on Trade in Services enters into force – what is in it for services trade and for services suppliers?
15 Feb 2022 Trade Reports PublicationsThe Member States of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) agreed to liberalise trade in the service sectors in efforts to enhance regional integration and the creation...
read more2021: Review of ITAC Investigations in a Pandemic Environment
06 Feb 2022 Trade Reports PublicationsThe aim of the International Trade Administration Commission of South Africa (ITAC), as mandated by the International Trade Administration Act, 2002 (the ITA Act), is to foster eco...
read moreAfrica and the adoption of HS2022: Implementation update, impact and consequences in the context of AfCFTA
01 Feb 2022 Trade Briefs PublicationsThe new edition of the Harmonised Commodity Description and Coding System 2022 (HS2022) entered into force on the 1st of January 2022. This development means that Customs tariffs, ...
read moreState of Intra-REC Trade and Trade Liberalisation
26 Jan 2022 Trade Reports PublicationsRegional Economic Communities (RECs) are major building blocks in the realisation of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) according to the Governing Principles of the A...
read moreEight Types of Provisions to Make the AfCFTA Investment Protocol Gender-Responsive
31 Dec 2021 Trade Reports PublicationsThe ongoing negotiations of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) Investment Protocol present a unique opportunity to make intra-African investment work for women by des...
read moreCustoms cooperation in facilitating intra-African trade
20 Dec 2021 Trade Briefs PublicationsThe Evolving Role of Customs Administrations – from Goalkeeper to Trade Facilitator
Customs administrations play a pivotal role in the advancement of international trade. The ef...
read moreThe Trade Remedies and Safeguards Regime of the AfCFTA
30 Nov 2021 Trade Reports PublicationsThe African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) Agreement contains detailed provisions on trade remedies and safeguards, modelled on World Trade Organisation (WTO) principles. Sin...
read moreAre WTO Members Misinterpreting or Abandoning the Mandate of S&DT in the WTO?
15 Nov 2021 Trade Reports PublicationsIt is a long-held view of developing countries in the World Trade Organisation (WTO) that some restrict-ions imposed by WTO trade rules and trade related agreements tend to hinder ...
read moreHow will the Trade Remedy Regime of the AfCFTA impact on Trade Governance?
02 Nov 2021 Trade Reports PublicationsThe legal instruments of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) provide for a detailed regime to implement Trade Remedy and Safeguard measures. One gets the impression th...
read moreShould the RECs disappear in order to have the AfCFTA?
02 Nov 2021 Trade Briefs PublicationsThere are high expectations about the benefits that the African Continental Free Trade Agreement (AfCFTA), an ambitious and comprehensive plan for the establishment of a continent-...
read moreProtecting Geographical Indications in an African context: The South African Rooibos saga and its aftermath
21 Oct 2021 Trade Reports PublicationsGeographical indications (GIs) are used to identify a good as originating in the territory of a specific country, or a region or locality in that country, where a given quality, re...
read moreDispute Settlement as a Trade Policy Choice
06 Oct 2021 Trade Briefs 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...
read moreHow will Disputes be resolved under the AfCFTA Dispute Settlement Protocol?
05 Oct 2021 Trade Reports 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...
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