Discussions

Gerhard Erasmus, tralac Associate, discusses economic policy in South Africa following the recent general elections The results of the fifth democratic South African elections aft...

Sean Woolfrey, tralac Researcher, discusses the main findings in the latest Economic Report on Africa The Economic Report on Africa 2014, jointly produced by the Economic Commissi...

Willemien Viljoen, tralac Researcher, discusses the implications of the European Union’s new sugar import regime for African countries The European Union (EU) is the world...

JB Cronjé, tralac Researcher, discusses the amendments to South Africa’s Private Security Industry Regulation Act in light of the country’s obligations under th...

Gavin van der Nest, tralac Researcher, discusses recent global developments in the fight against climate change The most recent report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Cli...

William Mwanza, tralac Researcher, comments on the WTO’s recent dispute panel reports concerning rare earths exports from China and the implications of the case for African count...

Sean Woolfrey, tralac Researcher, comments on the current state of the EPA negotiations between the European Union (EU) and the Southern African Development Community (SADC)  ...

Willemien Viljoen, tralac Researcher, discusses the monitoring of measures affecting global trade The global financial crisis which started in August 2007 and the subsequent decre...

JB Cronjé, tralac Researcher, discusses the regulation of temporary movement of persons to South Africa The movement of persons, across borders, to work in another country is in ...

Ron Sandrey and Hannah Edinger Industrialization has become the buzzword for Africa of late, but that must be set against the reality of the present situation. As is usually ...

Sean Woolfrey, tralac Researcher, comments on recent foreign investment policy issues in southern Africa Issues of investor protection in southern Africa have been in the news of ...

Willemien Viljoen, tralac Researcher, discusses the proposed multilateral liberalisation of global trade in environmental goods During the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting...

JB Cronjé, tralac Researcher, discusses the Southern African Development Community’s trade in services negotiations In August 2012, the Members of the Southern A...

William Mwanza, tralac Researcher, discusses Africa’s position on the Post-2015 Development Agenda The 22nd Summit of African Union Heads of State and Government was held in Add...

Gerhard Erasmus, tralac Associate, discusses current trade policy issues South Africa Recent press reports have noted unhappiness in the USA about South Africa’s use of anti-dum...

Sean Woolfrey, tralac Researcher, discusses the ongoing negotiations towards an India-SACU preferential trade agreement (PTA) News reports coming out of Namibia suggest that there...

Willemien Viljoen, tralac Researcher, discusses tariff-rate quotas (TRQs) and export permits under the TDCA between South Africa and the European Union In the Government Gaze...

William Mwanza, tralac Researcher, comments on the recently-concluded World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2014 in Davos and the discussions on Africa’s economic prospects The 44...

Stewart Payne, tralac intern, discusses the challenges currently facing the Southern African Customs Union (SACU) In the coming weeks, members of the Southern African Customs Unio...

JB Cronjé, tralac Researcher, discusses South Africa’s 2012 Employment Services Bill in the context of the country’s services commitments at the WTO South Africa ma...