Tag: AfCFTA
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18 Mar 24 NewsSADC boosts support towards Namibia in developing a CBM National Strategy (SADC)
The Southern African Development Community (SADC), in collaboration with the Namibia Revenue Agenc...
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12 Mar 24 NewsSA, Ghana explore ways to expand trade and investment (SAnews)
President Cyril Ramaphosa has emphasised the significance of expanding trade and investment between South Africa and...
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08 Mar 24 NewsPatel meets with EV manufacturers, investors during visit to China (Engineering News)
Trade, Industry and Competition Minister Ebrahim Patel and a high-level delegation recently c...
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29 Feb 24 NewsSouth Africa: Trade statistics for January 2024 (South African Revenue Service)
Today, the South African Revenue Service (SARS) releases trade statistics for January 2024, recordi...
Where does the AfCFTA stand at the beginning of 2024?
29 Feb 24 BlogFifty-four African Union (AU) member states have signed the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) Agreement (only Eritrea has not[1]) and 47 have ratified it.[2] At present,...
South Africa’s participation in the Guided Trade Initiative of the AfCFTA
29 Feb 24 BlogThe negotiations to adopt the legal instruments of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) were launched in 2015. Four years later the AfCFTA founding Agreement and its Pr...
Ministerial Directive 1/2021 clarifies and expands the legal basis of the AfCFTA
29 Feb 24 BlogThe African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) is anchored in a comprehensive set of legal instruments. They have been negotiated, adopted, and ratified to ensure that the foundi...
Notification of the AfCFTA in terms of WTO rules
29 Feb 24 BlogPractically all African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) State Parties are members of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) and the AfCFTA must therefore be notified and function ...
Comparing the Abuja Treaty and the AfCFTA Agreement
29 Feb 24 BlogAfrican economic integration has a long history. Both the African Union (AU) and its predecessor, the Organisation of African Unity (OAU), which was Africa’s first post-independe...
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28 Feb 24 NewsSouth Africa celebrates first AfCFTA export to Ghana amidst global trade disruptions (Bizcommunity)
The opportunities the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) agreement cr...
The African Continental Free Trade Area: A tralac guide (updated February 2024)
28 Feb 24 PublicationsThis booklet, updated in February 2024, provides a guide to the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) and how it fits within Africa’s broader development agenda – the ar...
Does Africa have two trade liberalisation and economic integration strategies? Comparing the AfCFTA Agreement and the Abuja Treaty
25 Feb 24 PublicationsThe African Union does not pursue a two-track approach on African integration. Despite the differences in emphasis, levels of ambition and timeframes, both the AFCFTA Agreement and...
The AfCFTA Digital Trade Protocol – clarification of key issues
25 Feb 24 BlogThe Digital Trade Protocol (‘the Protocol’) of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) is a document intended to define the environment for digital trade between membe...
The AfCFTA Protocol on Women and Youth in Trade and Trade-Driven Development in Africa
24 Feb 24 BlogThe African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) Protocol on Women and Youth in Trade (the ‘Protocol’) aims to enhance the involvement of women and youth within the AfCFTA. It ...
tralac at the Trade + Sustainability Hub 2024
22 Feb 24 EventMaking Trade Work for Africa’s Sustainable Development: The case of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA)
tralac, in collaboration with the African Union Commission, ...
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20 Feb 24 NewsSA Canegrowers maintains sugar tax increase will destroy jobs (Engineering News)
Ahead of Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana’s Budget Speech on February 21, industry body the Sou...
tralac Certificate Course 2024
19 Feb 24 Eventtralac is pleased to present the 2024 Certificate Course – International Trade Law and Policy for Africa’s Development: Case study of the AfCFTA. The course consists of three m...
tralac Short Course 2024: Reading and Interpreting International Trade Agreements – Case study of the AfCFTA
19 Feb 24 EventBackground
Trade agreements are treaties of a specific kind; they regulate cross-border trade between two or more nations. These agreements establish trade-related rights and obli...
The Digital Trade Protocol of the AfCFTA and Digitally-Driven Development in Africa
15 Feb 24 BlogOne of the important protocols forming part of the set of agreements within the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) is the Digital Trade Protocol (‘the Protocol’). Thi...
Webinar: AfCFTA Update - Guided Trade Initiative & South Africa start trading
15 Feb 24 EventThe first consignments of exports from South Africa under the AfCFTA Guided trade Initiative (GTI) left the port of Durban on 31 January 2024. In this webinar, we’ll provide an u...