Tag: Trade regulation
Utilities, State Owned Enterprises, Regulators and Judicial Review: How to rescue a sound original design?
08 Jun 17 DiscussionGerhard Erasmus, tralac Associate, discusses how affected private parties in South Africa increasingly resort to litigation as part of the effort to protect their rights and intere...
The Sanitary and Phytosanitary (SPS) policies of the African Regional Economic Communities, and the way forward for the CFTA
07 Jun 17 Publicationstralac, with the support of the Development Assistance section of the German Government through the Physikalisch Technische Bundesanstalt (PTB), recently completed a comparison of ...
tralac’s Daily News Selection
02 Jun 17 NewsA reminder: The ECOWAS Heads of State summit takes place on Sunday
Africa Regional Forum on Sustainable Development (17-19 May): presentations are now available for download
Adva...
Delhi Trade Declaration: Commonwealth leaves no-one behind
02 Jun 17 NewsFrom the heat of Africa to the humidity of India via the arid desert state of Qatar, Sekandi Abdul Karim has made a 3550-mile journey to Delhi. It is his third trip to India this y...
Import Controls in Zimbabwe: Statutory Instrument 64 of 2016 and more
01 Jun 17 PublicationsIndustrial policy initiatives are very much on the agenda at both national and regional levels in Africa. The debate, however, about what an industrial policy is and what it should...
An assessment of Kenya’s international competitiveness
01 Jun 17 PublicationsCompetitiveness is defined as the set of institutions, policies, and factors that determine the level of productivity of a country. The level of productivity, in tur...
tralac’s Daily News Selection
30 May 17 NewsUnderway, in Oslo: Conference of Parties to FAO’s illegal fishing treaty. The first Meeting of the Parties to FAO’s bold new international treaty aimed at cracking down on illi...
Competition Commission Investigation into mobile data charges in South Africa
29 May 17 NewsFollowing recent public complaints and a social media campaign on twitter (#DataMustFall), the South African Government decided to investigate the concerns through the Competition ...
Action Plan for SADC Industrialization Strategy and Roadmap
29 May 17 NewsExecutive summary
At its Extra-Ordinary Summit, held on 29 April 2015, in Harare, Zimbabwe, the SADC Leaders adopted the SADC Industrialization Strategy and Roadmap 2015-2063. The...
Harnessing rather than suppressing informal trade can give Africa a boost
25 May 17 NewsFAO study offers policy guidance for linking half of all cross-border trade to development goals
Africa’s vast but informal cross-border trade can contribute to improving liveli...
Activities of the African Organisation for Standardisation (ARSO) related to the work of the WTO TBT Committee
23 May 17 NewsThis document contains a statement provided by the African Organisation for Standardisation (ARSO) at the TBT (Technical Barriers to Trade) Committee meeting of 29-30 March 2017 un...
Amendments to the SADC Protocol on Trade
18 May 17 PublicationsThis Trade Brief examines an important amendment of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) Protocol on Trade that was approved at the 2016 SADC Summit. This amendment co...
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...
Services Trade Restrictions and Trade Performance in Africa: Some Insights
10 May 17 PublicationsWe live in a world where the production and consumption of services has been growing faster than that of merchandise for some time now. However whilst considerable gains await...
tralac’s Daily News Selection
10 May 17 NewsUnderway, in Kigali: the third Transform Africa Summit. Further details: conference website
Starting tomorrow, in Maputo: the 5th Annual African Mobile Phone Services Policy Initi...
Duty to protect SA steel industry
09 May 17 NewsTrade and Industry Minister Rob Davies said on Monday he has signed off on a safeguard duty for hot rolled coil steel, but said the measure was subject to informing the World Trade...
tralac’s Daily News Selection
04 May 17 NewsCFTA: Zambia may consider “a Brexit” (ZNBC)
President Edgar Lungu says the Continental Free Trade Area will only succeed if African countries enhance infrastructure developmen...
Launch of ICC Statement: Business recommendations on rules of origin in preferential trade agreements
04 May 17 NewsThe International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) has released recommendations on rules of origin in preferential trade agreements (PTAs), highlighting the challenges traders and supplie...
Challenges and opportunities experienced by small economies when linking into global value chains in trade in goods and services
03 May 17 NewsIntroduction
At the Ninth Ministerial Conference in Bali, Ministers reaffirmed their commitment to the Work Programme on Small Economies and instructed the WTO Secretariat to pro...
Regulatory coherence, cross-border externalities: A financial sector perspective from Africa
28 Apr 17 DiscussionAshly Hope, tralac Associate, discusses the concept of regulatory coherence in the context of financial services regulation in Africa
Modern trade agreements are concerned less an...