Discussions
Anti-dumping duty on chicken from Brazil
15 Feb 2012Are frozen whole chickens and boneless chicken cuts being dumped in the SACU market causing material injury to the domestic (SACU) industry? Willemien Viljoen, tralac Research...
read moreThe WTO ruling against China’s appeal on export curbs
08 Feb 2012JB Cronjé, tralac Researcher, discusses the WTO ruling against China’s appeal on export curbs
A recent ruling by the World Trade Organization’s (WTO’s) Appellate Body again...
read moreThe rationale for boosting intra-African trade
01 Feb 2012Sean Woolfrey, tralac Researcher, discusses the rationale for boosting intra-African trade
This past weekend saw African leaders meeting in Addis Ababa for the 18th African Union ...
read moreAfrica’s engagement with the emerging markets: Highlights of 2011
25 Jan 2012Taku Fundira, tralac Researcher, discusses Africa’s engagement with the emerging markets
Since the beginning of the new millennium there has been a lot of interest in the influe...
read moreSpecial Economic Zones for South Africa
18 Jan 2012Paul Kruger, tralac Researcher, discusses Special Economic Zones for South Africa
On Monday Rob Davies, Minister of Trade and Industry announced plans to introduce special economi...
read moreWhat happened in 2011?
21 Dec 2011Willemien Viljoen, tralac Researcher, provides an overview of key trade-related developments in 2011
Various multilateral, regional and domestic trade and trade-related developmen...
read moreThe outcome of the climate change negotiations in Durban 28 Nov – 9 Dec 2011
15 Dec 2011Willemien Viljoen, tralac Researcher, discusses the outcomes of the Durban Climate Change Conference
The 17th Conference of the Parties (COP 17) to the United Nations Framework Co...
read moreWTO 8th Ministerial Conference – No Surprises
15 Dec 2011JB Cronjé, tralac Researcher, comments on the upcoming Eighth WTO Ministerial Conference in Geneva
On 15-17 December 2011 the highest decision-making body of the World Trade Orga...
read moreMessage for 2012 from Trudi Hartzenberg
11 Dec 20112012 promises to be an interesting and challenging year on many fronts. Predictions for the global economy, and perhaps in particular for developed regions such as the Europea...
read moreThe Trade-Climate Change Nexus in Southern and Eastern Africa
07 Dec 2011Sean Woolfrey, tralac Researcher, comments on tralac’s participation at the Durban Climate Change Conference
Earlier this week tralac participated at the Durban Trade and Climat...
read moreTowards creating an enabling environment for investment in Africa: highlights of the COMESA Investment Report
30 Nov 2011Taku Fundira, tralac Researcher, discusses the findings of the 2011 COMESA Investment Report
Africa currently presents interesting economic opportunities. It is host to some of th...
read moreAid for trade and the green economy in Africa
09 Nov 2011by Willemien Viljoen, tralac Researcher*
African countries are faced with a variety of environmental challenges which can hamper the current developmental path of these econo...
read moreInfrastructure in Africa and the Southern African Development Community (SADC)
12 Oct 2011Willemien Viljoen, a tralac Researcher, discusses infrastructure in Africa and the Southern African Development Community (SADC)
Adequate and efficient infrastructure is a necessa...
read moreUnresolved issues in the design of the Green Climate Fund
28 Sep 2011Willemien Viljoen, tralac Researcher, discusses unresolved issues in the Green Climate Fund
The Green Climate Fund (GCF) was created at the 15th Conference of the Parties (COP 15)...
read moreAn update on climate change negotiations under the BASIC group and the African position for COP 17
31 Aug 2011Willemien Viljoen, tralac Researcher, provides an update on the preparations for the Durban Climate Change Conference
On 6-10 August 2010 the African Group Negotiators on Climate ...
read moreInfrastructure Services, Regulation and Competition
24 Aug 2011JB Cronjé, a tralac Researcher, discusses Infrastructure Services, Regulation and Competition.
The Declaration Launching the Negotiations for the Establishment of the Tripartite ...
read moreWhat to do about Doha?
17 Aug 2011Sean Woolfrey, a tralac Researcher, discusses the question: ‘What to do about Doha?’
The latest deadlock in the Doha Round of multilateral trade negotiations raises serious qu...
read moreThe 2011 World Investment Report
03 Aug 2011Paul Kruger, a tralac Researcher, discusses the 2011 World Investment Report
Last week the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (Unctad) published its 2011 World Inv...
read moreTrade and Climate change update for June 2011
29 Jun 2011Willemien Viljoen, tralac Researcher, provides an update on the UN Climate Change negotiations
The outcome of the meeting of the Conference of the Parties (COP16) which took place...
read moreTrade and Climate change update for May 2011
01 Jun 2011Willemien Viljoen, tralac Researcher, provides an update on the UN Climate Change negotiations
On 28 and 29 May 2011 South Africa hosted a Ministerial Meeting of the BASIC gr...
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