Tag: AfCFTA
tralac Daily News
27 Jul 22 NewsLocal news
IMF raises South Africa’s growth outlook for 2022, but says global picture tilted to the downside (BusinessTech)
The International Monetary Fund’s (IMF) latest glo...
tralac Daily News
26 Jul 22 NewsLocal news
Industry calls for renewal of poultry tariffs (Engineering News)
The biggest threat to South Africa’s poultry industry is “unfair trade practices from countries li...
tralac AfCFTA Stakeholder Webinar: Trade under the AfCFTA – in sight?
25 Jul 22 Eventtralac organised an AfCFTA Stakeholder webinar on 29 July 2022 on the topic: “Trade under the AfCFTA – in sight?”
Promoting the textiles and clothing value chain: Role of the AfCFTA
25 Jul 22 PublicationsDOWNLOAD PUBLICATION
The African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) is giving the continent new energy to boost intra-Africa trade with the regional economic communities (RECs) ...
tralac Daily News
25 Jul 22 NewsLocal News
Arab-Spring Warning Spurs Ramaphosa to Tout Growth-Plan Progress (Bloomberg)
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa said the government is making progress on a p...
tralac AfCFTA Masterclass for Trade Journalists
22 Jul 22 EventThe Trade Law Centre (tralac) offers capacity building on trade and regional integration, including the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA). tralac believes access to up-t...
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21 Jul 22 NewsLocal news
South African president urges stakeholders to examine progress in redressing racialized economy (Xinhua)
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa on Wednesday urged sta...
tralac Daily News
19 Jul 22 NewsLocal news
Key Renewable Energy Market Drivers in South Africa in 2022 (Energy Capital & Power)
The need to transition to cleaner sources of fuel in South Africa is made...
Tunisia trade and tariff update 2021
18 Jul 22 Infographicstralac Daily News
15 Jul 22 NewsLocal news
Structural growth in South Africa to slow for the rest of this year (Engineering News)
While South Africa's real gross domestic product (GDP) growth expanded...
tralac Daily News
13 Jul 22 NewsLocal news
AfDB to lead Zim debt clearance roadmap (The Herald)
African Development Bank (AfDB) president Dr Akinwumi Adesina has formally accepted President Mnangagwa’s reques...
tralac Daily News
11 Jul 22 NewsLocal
Key South African trade route blocked as fuel costs surge (BusinessTech)
Protesters in a city in South Africa’s north east blocked roads including a key route linking the...
tralac Daily News
08 Jul 22 NewsLocal
Fitch maintains SA’s sub-investment rating, stable outlook (Engineering News)
Ratings agency Fitch has maintained its stable outlook for South Africa, and affirmed the co...
tralac Daily News
07 Jul 22 NewsLocal news
Trucks Block South Africa Road to Mozambique as Fuel Costs Surge (Bloomberg)
Protesters in a city in South Africa’s north east blocked roads including a key route li...
tralac Daily News
05 Jul 22 NewsLocal
Eskom crisis: ANC NEC hears calls for state of emergency, moving power utility to energy dept (Engineering News)
"There were a lot of calls made by ANC leaders on how the g...
Legal Aspects of the Relationship between the AfCFTA and the African Union
01 Jul 22 BlogIn the public discourse about the new trade opportunities and benefits which will come about once the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) is up and running, it is often as...
Trade Governance Capacity for Implementing Safeguards
01 Jul 22 BlogThe domestic capacity of African States to implement their trade and economic integration agreements effectively and as rules-based arrangements is vital. The most obvious areas wh...
Should the State Parties use the AfCFTA Dispute Settlement Mechanism?
01 Jul 22 BlogThe African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) Agreement contains a detailed dispute settlement Protocol.[1] It is modelled on the Dispute Settlement Understanding (DSU) of the W...
Women in Trade in the AfCFTA – what could the Protocol provide?
01 Jul 22 BlogA Protocol on Women and the Youth will be negotiated and be adopted as part of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) Agreement. In this Blog we discuss why such a Protoc...
Trade under the AfCFTA may soon start: What must the State Parties still do?
01 Jul 22 BlogWhen the outstanding tariff offers, rules of origin and specific services commitments of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) are finally agreed, this new continent-wid...