Discussions

Sean Woolfrey, tralac Researcher, provides a review of key trade-related developments in 2013 At the multilateral level, the first half of 2013 witnessed an eventful race for the ...

Willemien Viljoen, tralac Researcher, discusses the outcomes of the recently-concluded Ninth WTO Ministerial Conference in Bali The Ninth World Trade Organization (WTO) Ministeria...

JB Cronjé, tralac Researcher, discusses the review of South Africa’s Private Security Industry Regulation Act in the context of the country’s services commitments at...

William Mwanza, tralac Researcher, discusses the decision to create a second bloc of Regional Economic Communities (RECs) in Africa At the 18th African Union (AU) Summit held...

Sean Woolfrey, tralac Researcher, discusses South Africa’s recently-published draft Promotion and Protection of Investment Bill At the beginning of November, the South...

Willemien Viljoen, tralac Researcher, discusses the United Nations Climate Change Conference currently underway in Warsaw, Poland Early in October, a Pre-COP high level infor...

JB Cronjé, tralac Researcher, discusses the initiation of an anti-dumping investigation on chicken imports from the European Union (EU) South Africa is no stranger to the ap...

Sean Woolfrey, tralac Researcher, discusses South Africa’s decision to terminate its bilateral investment treaty (BIT) with Germany in the context of Government’s new investmen...

William Mwanza, tralac Researcher, comments on the market integration pillar of the Tripartite Free Trade Area negotiations The eighth Tripartite Trade Negotiations Forum meeting ...

Willemien Viljoen, tralac Researcher, discusses SACU’s variable tariff formula for sugar and the recent application to increase the Dollar-based reference price (DBRP) for s...

JB Cronjé, tralac Researcher, discusses labour mobility within the three regional economic communities (RECs) in east and southern Africa Labour mobility is an integral part...

Sean Woolfrey, tralac researcher, and Elisha Tshuma, tralac intern, discuss the challenges faced at Africa’s first one-stop border post Efforts to boost intra-regional trad...

Willemien Viljoen, tralac Researcher, discusses the launch of the United States Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) sub-Saharan Africa Trade Initiative This week (between 16...

Gerhard Erasmus, tralac Associate, discusses the reluctance among African nations to address governance challenges and implement the necessary policy reforms in order to further re...

JB Cronjé, tralac Researcher, highlights concerns regarding the merger approval procedures under the COMESA Competition Commission The Competition Commission of th...

William Mwanza, tralac Researcher, discusses the legal underpinnings of SADC’s regional infrastructure development initiative Infrastructural development is a critical prerequis...

Sean Woolfrey, tralac Researcher, discusses the AGOA Forum, SADC Summit, and BRICS Business Council meeting Over the past two weeks, the African continent has played host to three...

  Eckart Naumann, tralac Associate, discusses the outcomes of the 2013 AGOA Forum in the context of growing anxiety and uncertainty regarding AGOA’s future The 2013 U...

Willemien Viljoen, tralac Researcher, discusses the main findings of the Renewables 2013 Global Status Report in the context of recent developments in Africa Recently the Ren...

JB Cronjé, tralac Researcher, discusses the ongoing negotiations towards a plurilateral Trade in Services Agreement Almost twenty years after the conclusion of the Uruguay R...