Tag: BRICS
BRICS countries: Emerging players in global services trade
31 Jul 17 NewsBRICS countries – Brazil, the Russian Federation, India, China, and South Africa – have emerged as important players in global services trade in the past decade. BRICS services...
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26 Jul 17 NewsConcluding today, in Addis: AU Specialized Technical Committee on Transport, Trans-Regional and Interregional Infrastructure, Energy and Tourism
Next week, in Shanghai: BRICS trad...
Monitoring Regional Integration in Southern Africa Yearbook 2015/2016
03 Jul 17 PublicationsRegional 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...
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26 Jun 17 NewsKenya: Draft Investment Policy (GoK)
Up to now, Kenya has not had a single and clearly defined policy solely focusing on investment generation and retention. The Government of Ken...
African Development Bank calls for investment in Africa’s future at 52nd Annual Meetings
23 May 17 NewsThe 52nd African Development Bank (AfDB) Annual Meetings open today in Ahmedabad, India, calling on the need for increased investment in the development of African continent a...
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...
Brics bank at advanced stage
05 May 17 NewsPlans to set up the Africa Regional Centre of the New Development Bank (NDB), formerly referred to as the Brics Bank, are at an advanced stage, Minister of International Relations ...
‘Brics Plus’ can be new model of integration
18 Apr 17 NewsThe expansion of Brics, known as “Brics Plus”, could become a new model of integration in the global economy, chief economist of the Eurasian Development Bank Yaroslav Lissovol...
S&P sees ‘better’ growth in BRICS in 2017
20 Mar 17 NewsRatings agency S&P Global Ratings (S&P) expects better economic growth in BRICS countries this year as Brazil and Russia recover from recessions, India and South Africa imp...
Investment facilitation, e-commerce to top BRICS meet agenda
15 Mar 17 NewsSingle window for trade facilitation to be taken up
BRICS nations will soon consider a proposal to frame ‘guiding principles’ for investment policymaking to boost investment...
BRICS diplomats support China’s free-trade advocacy
27 Feb 17 NewsSenior BRICS country diplomats voiced support on Friday for China’s call for boosting free trade and opposing protectionism as emerging markets work together to inject power into...
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13 Feb 17 NewsUnderway in Walvis Bay: African Corridor Management Alliance launch (@snkaringi). Tweet by @heiniesuo: Inaugural meeting of #African #Corridor #Management #Alliance: "We need a con...
Africa's global trade relations
18 Jan 17 Resourcetralac’s Daily News Selection
06 Jan 17 NewsAhead of the AU Summit later this month: commentaries by two candidates for the position of African Union Commission Chairperson
Senegal’s Abdoulaye Bathily: ‘Africa has no fu...
Global trade governance
04 Jan 17 ThemesInternational trade and the global economy have undergone significant changes in recent years as a result of improved technology, a shift towards trade in services, and increasing ...
South Africa-India – Ten year trading relationship
10 Nov 16 ResourceThis Trade Brief documents the trading relationship between South Africa and India from 2006 to 2015. The analysis uses UNCOMTRADE data sourced from the International Trade Ce...
India-South Africa: Will the envisaged MoUs on certain agricultural products be beneficial for South African exports?
12 Oct 16 DiscussionWillemien Viljoen, tralac Researcher, discusses the potential implications of MoUs between India and South Africa on pigeon peas, persimmons, mangoes and pork products for local ex...
Trade at a Glance: a comparative analysis of the BRICS Countries’ Manufactures’ Trade in Value Added & Global Value Chains
08 Jun 16 PublicationsIn today’s globalised world, production processes have been split up and different parts of production relocated around the world. Global value chains (GVCs) are now attributed t...
The crystal ball analysis for future African trade
26 May 16 PublicationsThe main feature of global trade since at least 2000 has been the relentless rise of exports from the BRIC countries (Brazil, Russia, India and China) and, in particular, China. Mu...
An analysis of South African agricultural trade, 2010 to 2014 inclusive: highlighting the importance of Africa
26 May 16 PublicationsUntil mid-November 2013 it was not possible to accurately assess the profile of South Africa’s agricultural trade. It was only at that date that the South African Revenue Service...