Tag: Brexit - tralac trade law centre

Can the Commonwealth help developing countries trade out of poverty?

20 Sep 17 News

About the Inquiry The All-Party Parliamentary Group for Trade Out of Poverty (APPG-TOP) is undertaking an Inquiry into whether the Commonwealth can help developing countries trade...

10th Session of the Committee on Regional Cooperation and Integration to focus on CFTA shared gains

19 Sep 17 News

The 10th Session of the Committee on Regional Cooperation and Integration (CRCI10) will be held in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia from October 31 to November 2, 2017, under the theme ‘Imp...

SADC-EU Economic Partnership Agreement Documents and Resources

15 Sep 17 Resource

tralac’s Daily News Selection

14 Sep 17 News

Featured @AUTradeIndustry tweet (from the ongoing BIAT conference in Tanzania): Intra-Africa Trade would double from the current level of ~$170bn per year to almost $400bn by addre...

New customs proposals laid out by the UK Government in new paper on future relationship with the EU

17 Aug 17 News

The first of a series of papers on the UK’s future partnership with the EU A new paper setting out proposals for a future customs relationship with the EU has been unveiled...

tralac’s Daily News Selection

16 Aug 17 News

Concluding today, in Kampala: ATAF, URA, AfDB high-level dialogue on the nexus between tax policy and tax administration Concept note (pdf): Much of the traditional tax regime for...

tralac’s Daily News Selection

31 Jul 17 News

Uganda Bureau of Statistics: Imports exports by region and country of origin, 2011 – 2016 South Africa: June 2017 trade surplus (SARS) The R10.67bn trade balance surplus for Ju...

Secretary-General highlights challenges posed by trade fragmentation

28 Jul 17 News

Trade governance structures must be “fit for purpose” to address the changing global landscape and benefit Commonwealth member countries, Secretary-General Patricia Scotland ha...

Overview of South Africa’s wine opportunities under the EU-SADC Economic Partnership Agreement

26 Jul 17 Discussion

South African wine production and trade with the European Union The International Organisation of Vine and Wine (June 2017) ranks South Africa seventh among the largest wine-produ...

Industrialization in Africa

21 Jul 17 News

Brexit, now in full remorse, has been a test of the place of regional economic integration in the world. As right-wing populism recedes, following the tragicomic reign of Trump i...

Monitoring Regional Integration in Southern Africa Yearbook 2015/2016

03 Jul 17 Publications

Regional integration continues to enjoy strong political support in Africa. But the winds of change blowing in the global economy are being felt on the continent too. It is clear t...

Government pledges to help improve access to UK markets for world’s poorest countries post-Brexit

26 Jun 17 News

The Government commits to protect current trading relationships, keep prices in check and help build our trading partners of the future. The Government will use Brexit to cem...

UK Elections and post-Brexit Prospects for SACU

08 Jun 17 Discussion

Gerhard Erasmus, tralac Associate, comments on the trade prospects for SACU countries once Britain exists the EU and the impact on the SADC Economic Partnership Agreement The UK i...

Brexit dashboards: Africa-UK regional factsheets

06 Jun 17 News

The economic fallout from Brexit – the UK’s withdrawal from the EU – may have wide-ranging implications for many Sub-Saharan African countries. The main transmission channels...

African Trade and Integration in a Post-Brexit World

03 Apr 17 News

After more than four decades of trade being governed by EU policies, Brexit means UK-Africa trading relations are now at a crossroads. Most Sub-Saharan African (SSA) exports enjoy...

UK Government still unclear on trade after Brexit

08 Mar 17 News

The International Trade Committee’s first report identifies central issues for the Government to resolve as it prepares to trigger Brexit negotiations. The Committee says the Go...

How should the UK trade with developing countries after Brexit?

28 Feb 17 News

In a previous blog, Traidcraft presented their views on how the UK should trade with the world post-Brexit. Now that it is clear that the UK is going to be leaving the Customs...

Economic policy options for African economies in advent of Brexit, Trump

20 Feb 17 News

There are interesting coincidences in the Brexit and “America first” movements. First is their timing and ideological convergence, second is the affinity between their prime ...

New U.K. trade deals can’t soften blow from Brexit, Niesr says

01 Feb 17 News

New U.K. free trade agreements with non-European Union nations won’t come close to offsetting the impact of leaving the EU, according to the National Institute of Economic and So...

Britain’s 12 Point Brexit Plan: First Impressions

25 Jan 17 Publications

On 17 January 2017, the British Prime Minister announced her Government’s “Twelve Point Plan” for exiting the European Union (EU). It describes how the Brexit negotiatio...