Discussions

Gerhard Erasmus, tralac Associate, discusses the implications of the breakthrough on the WTO Trade Facilitation Agreement for African countries It took some time to resolve the di...

Gerhard Erasmus, tralac Associate, comments on the state of the Tripartite FTA negotiations It has just been announced (and not via a public media statement) that the final Summit...

JB Cronjé, tralac Researcher, discusses the state of negotiations on movement of business persons under the Tripartite Free Trade Area The first phase of negotiations on the esta...

William Mwanza, tralac Researcher, discusses the emerging global consensus on the need for enhanced investment in infrastructure Recent events in global economic coopera...

Willemien Viljoen, tralac Researcher, discusses two recent SPS disputes involving South Africa Since 2010 there has been an ongoing dispute between South Africa and the European U...

Gavin van der Nest, tralac Researcher, comments on the findings of the WTO’s World Trade Report 2014 on Trade and Development The recently released World Trade Report 2014 of th...

Professor Dawid van Wyk, Independent Consultant, discusses recent developments in South African law with regard to the enforcement of international agreements and the imp...

JB Cronjé, tralac Researcher, comments on the recently-published World Trade Report 2014 and the development of tourism value chains in SADC The World Trade Report 2014 (cli...

by Gerhard Erasmus, tralac Associate The South African Minister of Trade has announced his intention to declare a formal dispute with the EU, under the Dispute Settlement Understa...

William Mwanza, tralac Researcher, provides a discussion of recent trade flows between the EU and countries in the African EPA groups Negotiations towards conclusion of Economic P...

Willemien Viljoen, tralac Researcher, discusses a recent investigation by the Competition Commission of South Africa concerning exports of various canned fruit products The R...

Gavin van der Nest, tralac Researcher, discusses the role of trade in improving quality of life and promoting sustainable development On Day 1 of the recent World Trade Organ...

by William Mwanza, tralac Researcher Sources from the tralac network have provided information that contradicts the media reports on which the discussion note ‘Preserving duty f...

JB Cronjé, tralac Researcher, discusses economic policy issues in SADC and the recent signing of the Protocol on Employment and Labour SADC Member States placed industr...

William Mwanza, tralac Researcher, discusses the current status of the East African Community (EAC) EPA negotiations with the EU* * This Discussion has been updated following info...

Sean Woolfrey, tralac Researcher, discusses the findings of UNCTAD’s Trade and Development Report, 2014: Global governance and policy space for development Last week the Un...

Willemien Viljoen, tralac Researcher, discusses the use of trade remedies on frozen potato chip imports to South Africa The safeguard and anti-dumping investigations launched by S...

Gerhard Erasmus, tralac Associate, discusses the issue of surtaxes on SADC imports According to recent newspaper reports the Government of Zimbabwe is increasing the levying of ...

Gavin van der Nest, tralac Researcher, discusses climate change, food security and sustainable development in Africa Africa is particularly vulnerable to the impact of climate cha...

JB Cronjé, tralac Researcher, discusses South Africa’s recently-published Medium-Term Strategic Framework (MTSF) which will guide implementation of the National Development...