Tag: Trade regulation
Trends in South Africa’s Tariff and Trade Remedy Investigations
03 Feb 20 PublicationsTariff, trade remedy and safeguard investigations in South Africa are undertaken by the International Trade Administration Commission (ITAC), which is responsible for the administr...
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28 Jan 20 NewsSouth Africa’s six strategic objectives during its Chairship of the African Union: keynote address by President Ramaphosa (The Presidency)
At the same time, we are presented wit...
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27 Jan 20 NewsDiarise:
Burundi’s National Trade Facilitation Committee meeting (28-31 January, Bujumbura)
Indian Ocean Rim Association experts’ meeting on intra-regional trade and ...
When foreign Firms enforce trade-related contractual Claims in South Africa: Clarification of a unique Ministerial Discretion
19 Jan 20 PublicationsInternational trade agreements are concluded by sovereign States. Once these agreements have entered into force the State Parties must comply with their obligations to liberalize t...
Dealing with Non-Tariff Barriers under the AfCFTA: What are the Prospects?
17 Dec 19 BlogThe African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) has been designed as the answer to the low levels of intra-African trade.[1] It should boost intra-African trade by reducing the ta...
2019 Africa Visa Openness Index: AUC, AfDB report shows wins in visa restrictions across Africa
11 Nov 19 NewsFor the first time, African travellers have liberal access to over half the continent, the 2019 Africa Visa Openness Index published by the African Union Commission and Africa...
AfCFTA Trade in Services – A general guide and issues for negotiations on Mutual Recognition Agreements
26 Oct 19 BlogBusiness services sector, which include professional services, has been prioritised under the ongoing negotiations on schedules of specific commitments in the context of the Africa...
The AfCFTA Approach to Mutual Recognition
26 Oct 19 BlogFor the liberalization of trade service to materialize to the extent that service suppliers can reap the associated benefits in the sectors recognized under the AfCFTA, there shoul...
Cooperation on financial regulation under the AfCFTA: Where should member-states focus their efforts?
26 Oct 19 BlogThe Modalities and Guidelines adopted for services sector negotiations under the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) are unlikely to lead to significant increases in finan...
What is the AfCFTA Approach to the Regulation of Trade in Services?
26 Oct 19 BlogThe AfCFTA Protocol on Trade in Services is a first endeavour to liberalize intra-African trade in services. For several States the task at hand is a novel one. It involves d...
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06 Sep 19 NewsDomestic resource mobilization: fighting against corruption and illicit financial flows (African Union)
IFFs are widespread and secretive by nature. No one quite knows how to quan...
Trade facilitation challenges in southern Africa
26 Aug 19 PublicationsThe cost of trade is mainly associated with tariffs and non-tariff costs. Although there are many reasons why these costs are high, minimising trade costs is to the benefit of impo...
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22 Aug 19 NewsThe East African Business Council convened a workshop today in Nairobi to review the EAC’s Common External Tariff. Selected tweeted highlights:
@KEPSA_KENYA: The workshop is exp...
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02 Aug 19 NewsDiarise:
tralac’s Certificate Course on International Trade Law and Policy for Africa’s Development (starting 23 September): Applications close on 9 August
East Afric...
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25 Jul 19 NewsThe future of work in Africa: Harnessing the potential of digital technologies for all (World Bank)
This companion report to the World Development Report 2019: The Changing Nature...
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15 Jul 19 NewsStarting tomorrow, in Niamey: Lake Chad Basin Governors Forum 2019. The forum (16-18 July) will assess cooperation and firm up plans for the region’s stabilization.
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11 Jul 19 NewsNext week in Nairobi: “It’s all systems go as Kenya readies to host Africa’s leading premier SME gathering, the Kenya Trade Week and COMESA High Level Business Summit, 15-21 ...
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05 Jul 19 NewsToday’s featured commentary, David Pilling (Financial Times Africa Editor): Are tech companies Africa’s new colonialists?
Ghana appears to have won the bid to host the AfCFTA ...
Rules of Origin key to success of African Continental Free Trade Area
27 Jun 19 NewsRules of origin should be made simple and business friendly for the gains expected from the AfCFTA to be realized.
Rules of origin – the criteria needed to determine the nationa...
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11 Jun 19 NewsThe AfDB’s 2019 Annual Meetings opened today in Malabo on the theme Regional Integration for Africa’s Economic Prosperity. AfDB President Akinwumi Adesina said the bank had inv...