Discussions

Ashly Hope, tralac Research Advisor, comments on the current overhaul of South Africa’s financial sector regulation South Africa’s financial sector regulatory landscape is in ...

Willemien Viljoen, tralac Researcher, comments on the growing protectionism in the South African steel industry The South African steel industry has increasingly been facing diffi...

Gerhard Erasmus, tralac Associate, comments on the debate surrounding the protection of national policy space in trade agreements National policy space is being re-discovered. The...

Professor Dawid van Wyk, Independent Consultant, discusses recent developments in dispute resolution involving private parties in regional trade arrangements It has been said that...

Gerhard Erasmus, tralac Associate, discusses the need for legal certainty regarding dispute resolution in regional trade arrangements In a judgment delivered on 8 July 2016 the Hi...

Gerhard Erasmus, tralac Associate, discusses the prospects for a resolution to the ongoing dispute between South Africa and Zimbabwe over Harare’s latest import restrictions In ...

JB Cronjé, tralac Researcher, comments on the latest trade restrictive measures implemented by Zimbabwe and the South African Government’s response According to a press stateme...

Willemien Viljoen, tralac researcher, discusses the current predicament facing the EAC states regarding the Economic Partnership Agreement to be signed with the EU After more than...

Ashly Hope, tralac Research Advisor, comments on the launch of the e-Trade for All initiative at UNCTAD 14 and the opportunities for e-commerce development in Africa On 18 July th...

Elisha Tshuma, Customs and Trade Facilitation Expert, comments on the status of implementation of the WTO Trade Facilitation Agreement in the SADC region Trade facilitation is the...

JB Cronjé, tralac Researcher, comments on the newly-released Green Paper on International Migration in South Africa and the policy interventions it proposes The South African Dep...

John Stuart, tralac Associate, discusses African countries’ commodity-dependence and adjustment in the wake of a post-commodity price boom Theory and experience has taught us th...

Ashly Hope, tralac Research Advisor, comments on financial regulation and the PCO in the WTO General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS) Many countries in Africa are in the mids...

Willemien Viljoen, tralac Researcher, comments on the implications of the pending amendments to the IMO Safety of Life at Sea Convention for South African exporters Soon container...

Elisha Tshuma, Customs and Trade Facilitation Expert, comments on the protests at Beitbridge border post in response to the government’s new import regulations The Government of...

1. Background On 9 June 2016 the South African Presidency issued an important statement. After consultations with member states of the Southern African Customs Union (SACU), a Min...

JB Cronjé, tralac Researcher, comments on recent developments in the area of cooperation on competition matters within SADC and the BRICS At the end of 2015, the South African an...

Willemien Viljoen, tralac Researcher, comments on South Africa’s performance in the just-released IMD World Competitiveness Yearbook 2016 On 30 May 2016 the IMD World Competitiv...

Ashly Hope, tralac Research Advisor, comments on the potential impact of the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement for developing country economies, in particular regarding fina...

Viola Sawere, Regional Trade Policy Expert, comments on the regulation of movement of services providers in the East African Community and lessons for the ongoing Tripartite a...