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Reflections on Climate Change – from COP24 to…
28 Jun 2019 Trade Briefs PublicationsThe 24th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework on Climate Change (COP24) took place in Katowice, Poland from 2-14 December 2018. COP24, which marked the th...
read moreThe 2019 European Parliamentary Election results
28 Jun 2019 Trade Briefs PublicationsThe 2019 European Parliamentary elections were, in many ways, a battle for the hearts and minds of the citizens of the member states. The “values” for which the EU stands, its ...
read moreAfrica in the Digital Economy: Update
11 Jun 2019 Trade Briefs PublicationsThe digital economy is now the economy. This refers to the permeation of digital technologies into practically all spheres of business, finance, trade, education and government. Wh...
read moreAdvancing the intra-African Trade Agenda by implementing the Tripartite FTA
06 Jun 2019 Trade Briefs PublicationsThe launch of the COMESA-EAC-SADC Tripartite Free Trade Area (TFTA) in June 2015 carried the signs of a new approach towards intra-African trade and integration. It was subsequentl...
read moreHow will United Kingdom-African trade be conducted post-Brexit?
13 May 2019 Trade Briefs PublicationsThe United Kingdom is in the process of extricating itself from the European Union, a comprehensive and well-functioning common market. As a result, it will be required to re-inven...
read moreAn Update on the WTO Trade Facilitation Agreement and African countries
21 Feb 2019 Trade Briefs PublicationsThe World Trade Organisation (WTO) defines trade facilitation as the simplification, modernization, and harmonisation of export and import processes. Trade facilitation at the WTO ...
read moreAfrican production and exports of grapes and grape products in perspective
22 Dec 2018 Trade Briefs PublicationsThis trade brief examines the African production and export of grapes and grape products – namely fresh grapes, dried grapes, grape juice, wine, and fortified wines. In tonnage, ...
read moreThe Brexit that refuses to arrive
13 Dec 2018 Trade Briefs PublicationsOn Wednesday, 12 December (107 days before Brexit happens), a deeply divided Conservative Party voted, under a special procedure allowing a leadership challenge by secret ballot, t...
read moreTobacco in Africa: production and trade
19 Nov 2018 Trade Briefs PublicationsAfrica’s leading agricultural export is cocoa beans from west Africa, but next in importance is tobacco and tobacco products. However, the relative importance of tobacco as a cro...
read moreSimulating UK-Africa Trade Liberalisation: South Africa
29 Oct 2018 Trade Briefs PublicationsWith the United Kingdom set to exit the European Union (EU) in the near future, current news is focusing on the future UK-EU trade relationship. For the UK’s global trade partner...
read moreIntra-African Trade – focusing on trade within Regional Economic Communities
17 Oct 2018 Trade Briefs PublicationsIntra-African trade is low (at 16.7% according to 2016 tralac analysis) compared to intra-regional trade in other parts of the world. The African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFT...
read moreExports from the Southern African Development Community to the European Union by mode of transportation: implications of Brexit
11 Oct 2018 Trade Briefs PublicationsThe European Union (EU) has been a long-standing trading partner of African countries. EU member countries are some of the main destination markets for African export products, esp...
read moreAn Analysis of the United States’ Automotive Tariff Threat
20 Sep 2018 Trade Briefs PublicationsOn 23 May 2018, Secretary of the United States Commerce Department Wilbur Ross launched a Section 232 investigation as to whether automotive imports are hurting US national securit...
read moreThe AfCFTA: Overview and implications
04 Jul 2018 Trade Briefs PublicationsThe AfCFTA is an ambitious project. Although it is called the Continental Free Trade Area, it is more than a trade in goods agreement. It will also cover trade in services, facilit...
read moreThe AfCFTA: What has been achieved and when will it become operational?
11 Jun 2018 Trade Briefs PublicationsThe first important steps towards the establishment of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) have been taken. The Extraordinary Summit of the African Union (AU), held in...
read moreWhat will happen to the Regional Economic Communities and other African Trade Arrangements once the AfCFTA is operational?
11 Jun 2018 Trade Briefs PublicationsThe text of the Agreement establishing the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) contains several provisions about how this new trade arrangement will co-exist with the Regi...
read moreDispute Settlement under the AfCFTA
11 Jun 2018 Trade Briefs PublicationsFormal dispute settlement has not been a feature of intra-African trade. African Governments simply do not litigate against each other. This may be a consequence of many factors: a...
read moreTrade Facilitation in Africa: Progress, Performance and Potential
30 May 2018 Trade Briefs PublicationsTrade facilitation refers to measures taken by a sovereign nation and its agencies to remove or ameliorate hindrances to cross-border trade of goods and services. In the African co...
read moreDistributed Ledger Technology – opportunities for Africa’s trade
16 Apr 2018 Trade Briefs PublicationsMany exciting developments are occurring in the distributed ledger technology (DLT) and blockchain space in the world and in Africa. Much opportunity exists in the continent to lev...
read moreInformal cross-border trading – review of the simplified trade regimes in east and southern Africa
08 Mar 2018 Trade Briefs PublicationsThis Trade Brief presents a discussion of the importance of Informal Cross-Border Trading (ICBT) for socio-economic development in the east and southern Africa region. Althoug...
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