Tag: Trade Data
tralac’s Daily News Selection
30 Jun 17 NewsTrade policy newsletters:
From tralac: Recognition and protection of geographical indications in the EU–SADC Economic Partnership Agreement; Bridges: Lighthizer lays out US...
South Africa Merchandise Trade Statistics for May 2017
30 Jun 17 NewsSouth Africa trade surplus widens In May
South Africa's trade surplus widened to ZAR 9.5 billion in May 2017 from a downwardly revised ZAR 5.0 billion in the previous month and be...
WTO records moderate rise in G20 trade restrictions
30 Jun 17 NewsThe WTO’s seventeenth monitoring report on Group of 20 (G20) trade measures, issued on 30 June, shows that trade restrictions in G20 economies have risen at a moderate rate simil...
tralac’s Daily News Selection
23 Jun 17 NewsA reminder that the SACU Summit takes place today in Swaziland.
tralac’s Weekly Newsletter is posted. Talkmore Chidede examines investment policy reforms in Africa: How can they...
tralac’s Daily News Selection
22 Jun 17 NewsCFTA update: President Issoufou Mahamadou calls upon AU Ministers of Trade to stick to the deadline establishing the CFTA
According to the Champion of the CFTA process (Pres....
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06 Jun 17 NewsThe African Statistical Yearbook 2017 is launched (UNECA)
The Yearbook series is a result of joint efforts by major African regional organizations to set up a joint data coll...
Measuring and monitoring intra-African trade
01 Jun 17 NewsIFPRI and partners to develop expert technical network
Trade integration is a powerful tool for economic growth, development, and poverty alleviation. In the Malabo Declarati...
tralac’s Daily News Selection
31 May 17 NewsUnderway, in Arusha: EAC Sectoral Council Meeting on Trade, Industry, Finance and Investment
Today, in Addis: Arbitration in Ethiopia, East Africa, and beyond: prospects, possibil...
South Africa Merchandise Trade Statistics for April 2017
31 May 17 NewsSouth Africa trade surplus narrows in April
South Africa posted a trade surplus of R5.1 billion in April of 2017 compared to a downwardly revised R11.3 billion surplus in March an...
International trade statistics: trends in first quarter 2017
31 May 17 NewsG20 merchandise trade growth accelerates in Q1 2017
G20 international merchandise trade in the first quarter of 2017, seasonally adjusted and expressed in current US dol...
tralac’s Daily News Selection
23 May 17 NewsSelected trade and development event pointers:
7th SADC River Basin Organisation officials’ workshop (22-24 May, Johannesburg)
UNCTAD/DTI regional seminar: Bankable Sustainable...
Missing links to Indian-African trade and investment promotion identified
23 May 17 NewsExperts at the 52nd African Development Bank Annual Meetings, which started Monday in Ahmedabad, India, have identified the missing links to building a strong trade and i...
BRIC-Africa trade – is it all about China’s trade with South Africa?
18 May 17 PublicationsIn the past two decades, Brazil, Russia, India and China (BRIC) have had growing trade and political relations with Africa and South Africa (SA) culminating in the formalisation of...
The Link between Services Trade Restrictions and Trade Growth Underperformance in Africa
11 May 17 DiscussionServices trade is increasingly important, yet often restricted in developing countries, writes tralac Associate John Stuart
We live in a world where the production and consumption...
Africa presents a mixed foreign direct investment (FDI) picture
03 May 17 NewsConnectivity redefined
According to EY’s latest Africa Attractiveness report, heightened geopolitical uncertainty and “multispeed” growth across Africa present a mixed FDI p...
South Africa Merchandise Trade Statistics for March 2017
02 May 17 NewsTrade surplus widens in March
South Africa’s trade surplus widened in March due to a surge in exports, while growth in private sector credit extension moderated on the back of w...
tralac’s Daily News Selection
28 Apr 17 NewsNew tralac publications: The EAC Mode 4: trade data (by Viola Sawere), Africa’s trading relationship with Japan (by Ron Sandrey), WTO: Agricultural Issues for Africa (by Ron Sand...
Africa’s trading relationship with Japan
26 Apr 17 PublicationsOver the last few years, the focus of African trade and trading relationships has focused on several countries and regions. Firstly, we have the European Union (EU) with the Econom...
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25 Apr 17 NewsToday, in London:
International Development Committee hearing on Forced displacement and food crises in Central and East Africa
Next week, in Nairobi:
the Asian African Legal Co...
Kenya: 2017 Economic Survey launched
21 Apr 17 NewsRemarks by Hon. Mwangi Kiunjuri, Egh, Mgh Cabinet Secretary in the Ministry of Devolution and Planning, during the launch of the 2017 Economic Survey, 19 April 2017
Let me take th...