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2021: 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 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 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 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 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...
read moreCan the AfCFTA evolve into a New Generation Partnership for Africa?
01 Sep 2021 Trade Reports PublicationsAgreements to establish so-called new generation Free Trade Areas (FTAs) have become frequent. They are “new” because they liberalise not only trade in goods but also services,...
read moreThe potential role for drones in Africa’s value chains
30 Jul 2021 Trade Reports PublicationsIndustrialisation and the emergence of new technologies, such as the Internet, have improved value chain efficiency but also increased the complexity of production linkages. Within...
read moreGender Provisions in African Trade Agreements: An Assessment of the Commitments for Reconciling Women’s Empowerment and Global Trade
19 Jul 2021 Trade Reports PublicationsSince the early stage of trade integration within the African continent, women's interests have been on the agenda, at least that is what the agreements reveal. Indeed, including s...
read moreFrom Telephones to Smartphones – A look at the Harmonized System: Case study of the Samsung Case
01 Jun 2021 Trade Reports PublicationsThe seventh edition of the ‘Harmonized Commodity Description and Coding System’ of the World Customs Organisation (WCO) becomes operational on 1 January 2022. Since its incepti...
read moreServices Trade Restrictiveness and Services Trade: Making Sense of Inter-Decade Movements
28 May 2021 Trade Reports PublicationsThis paper investigates movements in services trade restrictions and their impacts on services trade over an eight-year period (2008-2016). It utilises the latest, most globally in...
read moreAn Investment Protocol for the AfCFTA
19 Apr 2021 Trade Reports PublicationsThe negotiations for the adoption of the Phase II Protocols of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) have started. They will cover investment, intellectual property righ...
read moreTrade 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 2021 Trade Reports 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 ...
read moreImport Restrictions: Namibian Court clarifies Rights of Private Parties
28 Mar 2021 Trade Reports PublicationsState Parties’ trade-related rights and obligations are derived from international agreements. Governments’ implementation of trade agreements involves domestic measures taken ...
read moreA brief assessment of the South African Draft One-Stop Border Post Policy
28 Mar 2021 Trade Reports PublicationsOn the last day of December 2020, the South African Department of Home Affairs published two draft policies for public comment. The one is a Draft One-stop Border Post Policy, the ...
read moreThe new Rules of Origin in the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA): what has been agreed, what remains outstanding
24 Mar 2021 Trade Reports PublicationsThe African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) is an ambitious undertaking that brings together 1.3 billion people in 55 African countries to create the world’s largest free tr...
read moreAre African RECs Trade-Enhancing? A Panel Data Analysis
19 Feb 2021 Trade Reports PublicationsThis paper employs both informal and formal analysis of panel trade and tariff data to determine the extent to which the gaining of preferential access to a market actually leads t...
read moreWhat do we know about the African Continental Free Trade Area?
31 Jan 2021 Trade Reports PublicationsThe African Continental Free Trade Area (FTA) is an ambitious project. It is also very necessary. It can make a major contribution, if properly implemented, to boost intra-African ...
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