Tag: World Trade Organisation

National trade and trade-related news Business wants jobs and competitiveness prioritised amid 20% import-substitution request (Engineering News) Organised business is preparing ...

National trade and trade-related news Tackling illicit financing flows is key to funding infrastructure (IOL) The Economic Reconstruction and Recovery Plan (ERRP) announced last ...

National trade and trade-related news Sugar Masterplan starting to uplift industry – DTIC (Engineering News) The South African sugarcane industry has experienced a sharp declin...

National trade and trade-related news Going digital during pandemic signals a positive change for SMMEs – SBI (Eyewitness News) While thousands of small businesses crumbled und...

National trade and trade-related news South African trade rises on a tide of rallying commodity prices but government must boost economy to withstand a turnaround (Daily Maverick)...

National trade and trade-related news Avian epidemic plunging poultry industry into turmoil (CAJ News) Stakeholders are divided over South Africa’s prospects of containing the ...

National trade and trade-related news Poultry sector still on high alert for avian flu (IOL) The South African poultry and ostrich industries continued to remain under national h...

National trade and trade-related news South Africa’s trade surplus grows to $3.67 billion in March (Reuters) South Africa recorded its largest trade surplus on record in March,...

National trade and trade-related news Intellectual property rights can help combat illicit trade (News24) The protection of intellectual property rights can go a long way to help...

Most countries broadly aspire to free trade, and the benefits of international trade at times induce situations where governments support domestic industries with the objective of ...

National trade and trade-related news Food security fears allayed – Agbiz (IOL) Improved agricultural conditions would not fully compensate for job losses due to the pandemic, ...

National trade and trade-related news Avian flu: Poultry industry hustling to save exports (Food For Mzansi) South Africa’s poultry industry is currently working hard to safegu...

National trade and trade-related news Small businesses urged to challenge govt over red tape (Eyewitness News) The biggest stumbling block to entrepreneurship and a growing econo...

National trade and trade-related news Increased focus on customs and excise policy framework (Moneyweb) South Africa’s business community should brace itself for several change...

National trade and trade-related news Port of Cape Town requires urgent Presidential attention, says Maynier (Engineering News) Western Cape Minister of Finance and Economic Oppo...

National trade and trade-related news Avian flu outbreak threatens South African poultry industry (WATTAgNet) Exports are key to the success of South Africa’s poultry companies...

National trade and trade-related news Durban Port to reclaim its place as the best-performing port in Africa (SAnews) President Cyril Ramaphosa says through both operational impr...

National trade and trade-related news Infrastructure development using private funding to provide benefits if projects are sustainable (Engineering News) Infrastructure investing...

On 1 March 2021, Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala from Nigeria took office as the seventh Director-General (DG) of the World Trade Organization (WTO). She is the first woman and the first Af...

Country focus Consumer protection bodies reminded of mandate (SAnews) Trade, Industry and Competition Deputy Minister Nomalungelo Gina has reminded regulators with consumer prote...