Tag: BRICS
Accelerating Economic Diplomacy towards a better South Africa, Africa and world: DIRCO Budget Vote Speech 2019
12 Jul 19 NewsAddress by Minister Naledi Pandor, Department of International Relations and Cooperation Budget Vote Speech, 11 July 2019 at the National Assembly, Parliament
I am pleased to have...
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05 Mar 19 NewsFeatured tweet, @CelestinMonga: Sierra Leone ($500 income per capita) imports onions from the Netherlands, 7,000 kilometers away. Why? It takes more than one month to import fresh,...
India-South Africa Joint Statement/Joint Communiqué
29 Jan 19 NewsOf the State Visit of President Cyril Ramaphosa to India, 25 January 2019
At the invitation of Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi, the President of the Republic of South Africa...
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa’s first State Visit to India
29 Jan 19 NewsPresident Cyril Ramaphosa, during his media remarks on 25 January 2019 following his first State Visit to India as President of the Republic of South Africa, said that fruitfu...
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17 Sep 18 NewsFive trade and infrastructure events – from Arusha to Tianjin:
The EALA has resumed its sitting in Arusha (until 6 October). Key agenda items include the East African Community...
BRICS Ministers undertake to support SMMEs
17 Sep 18 NewsBRICS Communications and ICT Ministers have identified Small, Micro, Medium Enterprises (SMMEs) as potential engines for growth and job creation and agreed to help promote the...
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27 Jul 18 News10th BRICS Summit Johannesburg Declaration
BRICS in Africa: Collaboration for inclusive growth and shared prosperity in the 4th Industrial Revolution (DIRCO)
Extracts from S...
Brics bloc signs declaration reaffirming multilateral trade as per WTO rules
27 Jul 18 NewsLeaders of the Brics bloc of emerging economies, meeting in the wake of tariff threats by US President Donald Trump, signed a declaration supporting an open and inclusive multilate...
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26 Jul 18 NewsBRICS Business Forum: selected highlights
President Xi Jinping's address: Keeping abreast of the trend of the times to achieve common development
We are witnessing major c...
SA supports a rules-based trading system, but current rules are not ideal, Rob Davies says
26 Jul 18 NewsThe global trade war has now escalated into a full-blown trade war that requires greater co-operation especially between Brics member nations, Trade and Industry Minister Rob Davie...
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25 Jul 18 Newstralac's new short course: Applications for our new blended (combining online and residential learning) short course Trade Law and Policy for Africa’s Development have...
US can’t change global trade alone, Brics panel hears
25 Jul 18 NewsGlobalisation is irreversible and the US will not succeed in changing the global world order by increasing import tariffs. This was the central message of a high level Brics d...
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24 Jul 18 NewsTomorrow, in Sandton: (i) BRICS Business Forum; (ii) The Africa Investment Forum on the theme of attracting private sector investment into Africa; (iii) BRI...
BRICS must focus on investment-led trade – Rob Davies
23 Jul 18 NewsSouth Africa’s Trade and Industry Minister Dr Rob Davies told participants at a Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa (BRICS) business meeting that partner nations should fo...
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19 Jul 18 NewsA preview: SADC Industrialisation Week (30 July - 1 August, Windhoek) on the theme of Promoting infrastructure and youth empowerment for sustainable development. Register her...
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05 Jul 18 NewsPromoting the AU Reform Agenda: An Extra-ordinary AU Summit has been called for 17-18 November
Released, today in Abuja: Independent analysis of the potential benefits of the AfCF...
8th Meeting of the BRICS Trade Ministers: Joint Communiqué
05 Jul 18 News Joint Communiqué
The 8th BRICS Trade Ministers met on 5 July 2018 in Magaliesburg, South Africa under the chairmanship of Dr Rob Davies, Minister of Trade and Industry ...
BRICS Trade Ministers commit to multilaterism
05 Jul 18 NewsBRICS Trade Ministers have affirmed their commitment to a multilateral trading system as a tool to promote greater inclusivity.
“Unilateralism is now placing the future of the m...
Fourth Industrial Revolution a step closer
04 Jul 18 NewsIndustry Ministers from BRICS countries on Wednesday, 4 July, 2018 signed a Declaration on the implementation of the Digital Industrial Revolution (DIR).
The Ministers met at the ...
Declaration of the BRICS Industry Ministers’ Meeting
04 Jul 18 NewsTrade Ministers resolve to establish BRICS partnership on New Industrial Revolution
the dti hosted the third BRICS Industry Ministers’ Meeting in Magaliesburg on Wednesday, 4 Ju...