Discussions
When Trade Negotiations are a top-down Affair: Whereto with the Tripartite FTA?
03 Dec 2014Gerhard 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...
read moreDevelopments on Tripartite FTA Negotiations on Movement of Business Persons
26 Nov 2014JB 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...
read moreGlobal focus on infrastructure and the need for Common Approach to Infrastructural Development mechanisms in African countries
19 Nov 2014William Mwanza, tralac Researcher, discusses the emerging global consensus on the need for enhanced investment in infrastructure
Recent events in global economic coopera...
read moreSanitary and phytosanitary measures: Citrus Black Spot and American Foulbrood Disease
12 Nov 2014Willemien 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...
read moreThe rise of developing countries in the world economy and environmental considerations of development
06 Nov 2014Gavin 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...
read moreA tale of regional neighbours in the Concourt – again
05 Nov 2014Professor Dawid van Wyk, Independent Consultant, discusses recent developments in South African law with regard to the enforcement of international agreements and the imp...
read moreDevelopment of Tourism value chains in the SADC region
29 Oct 2014JB 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...
read moreThis Dispute is about more than black spots on Oranges
29 Oct 2014by 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...
read moreSome dynamics in African EPA countries’ exports to the EU over the past ten years
22 Oct 2014William 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...
read moreAnti-competitive behaviour in export markets: Rhodes Food Group and the South African Competition Act
15 Oct 2014Willemien Viljoen, tralac Researcher, discusses a recent investigation by the Competition Commission of South Africa concerning exports of various canned fruit products
The R...
read moreThe power of trade in enhancing the quality of life
08 Oct 2014Gavin 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...
read moreClarification on the EAC’s market access to the EU after 1 October 2014
01 Oct 2014by 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...
read moreIndustrialisation and labour in SADC
01 Oct 2014JB 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...
read morePreserving duty free and quota free market access by the EAC to the EU after 1 October
25 Sep 2014William 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...
read moreThe 2014 Trade and Development Report and ‘policy space’ in southern Africa
18 Sep 2014Sean 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...
read moreFrozen potato chip imports – the case of consecutive trade remedies
10 Sep 2014Willemien 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...
read moreDoes the SADC regime provide for surtaxes on imported goods?
03 Sep 2014Gerhard 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 ...
read moreClimate change and the argument for shifts in global diets
03 Sep 2014Gavin 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...
read moreSouth Africa’s medium term plan for ‘developmental’ regional integration
27 Aug 2014JB Cronjé, tralac Researcher, discusses South Africa’s recently-published Medium-Term Strategic Framework (MTSF) which will guide implementation of the National Development...
read moreWhat new South African Policies for Regional Integration and how to develop them?
20 Aug 2014by Gerhard Erasmus, tralac Associate
The South African Minister of Trade and Industry has on several occasions mentioned plans for “radical economic transformation” in South A...
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