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BRICS countries: Emerging players in global services trade

BRICS countries: Emerging players in global services trade

31 Jul 17  News
BRICS 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...
tralac’s Daily News Selection

tralac’s Daily News Selection

26 Jul 17  News
Concluding 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

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...
tralac’s Daily News Selection

tralac’s Daily News Selection

26 Jun 17  News
Kenya: 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

African Development Bank calls for investment in Africa’s future at 52nd Annual Meetings

23 May 17  News
The 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?

BRIC-Africa trade – is it all about China’s trade with South Africa?

18 May 17  Publications
In 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

Brics bank at advanced stage

05 May 17  News
Plans 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

‘Brics Plus’ can be new model of integration

18 Apr 17  News
The 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

S&P sees ‘better’ growth in BRICS in 2017

20 Mar 17  News
Ratings 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

Investment facilitation, e-commerce to top BRICS meet agenda

15 Mar 17  News
Single 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

BRICS diplomats support China’s free-trade advocacy

27 Feb 17  News
Senior 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...
tralac’s Daily News Selection

tralac’s Daily News Selection

13 Feb 17  News
Underway 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  Resource
tralac’s Daily News Selection

tralac’s Daily News Selection

06 Jan 17  News
Ahead 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

Global trade governance

04 Jan 17  Themes
International 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

South Africa-India – Ten year trading relationship

10 Nov 16  Resource
This 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?

India-South Africa: Will the envisaged MoUs on certain agricultural products be beneficial for South African exports?

12 Oct 16  Discussion
Willemien 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

Trade at a Glance: a comparative analysis of the BRICS Countries’ Manufactures’ Trade in Value Added & Global Value Chains

08 Jun 16  Publications
In 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

The crystal ball analysis for future African trade

26 May 16  Publications
The 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

An analysis of South African agricultural trade, 2010 to 2014 inclusive: highlighting the importance of Africa

26 May 16  Publications
Until 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...

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