Tag: Economic Partnership Agreements
Brexit Workshop – Namibia, 28 November 2017
06 Dec 17 Eventtralac collaborated with the Namibian Agricultural Trade Forum to present a Workshop on Brexit in Namibia on 28 November 2017.
The Workshop, on the topic Issues, implications...
From the TDCA to the SADC-EU EPA – the significant changes
06 Dec 17 BlogThe Trade, Development and Cooperation Agreement (TDCA) has been governing the trading relationship between South Africa and the European Union since it entered into force (provisi...
Safeguard measures in the SADC-EU Economic Partnership Agreement
06 Dec 17 BlogSafeguard measures are a temporary restriction, of fairly traded products, to protect a specific domestic industry from a sudden increase in imports which causes serious injury to ...
Export opportunities for South African producers under the new market access conditions in the SADC-EU EPA
06 Dec 17 BlogThe new market access provisions of the SADC-EU EPA came into effect on 1 November 2016 after two conditions were met: ratification of the EPA by the SACU member states and the bil...
Aid for Trade: Helping developing countries to achieve prosperity through trade and investment
15 Nov 17 NewsThe European Commission has set out a renewed vision on how to help developing countries fight poverty and create more and better jobs through trade and investment.
The updated ...
tralac’s Daily News Selection
10 Nov 17 NewsFeatured African trade tweets:
@AnnMbiruru: Good news for transporters from Dar. Only 3 police roadblocks are official in Tanzania between Dar es Salaam and Mutukula, said TZ Pres...
Give Africa policy space for structural transformation
09 Nov 17 NewsThe World Trade Organisation (WTO) may have celebrated its 20th anniversary in 2015 with an African-flavoured “Nairobi package”, but has the continent really benefited from cur...
Post-Brexit tariff rate quotas – what is the cause for the despondency?
27 Oct 17 DiscussionA proposal to apportion existing European Union (EU) tariff-rate quotas (TRQs) between the United Kingdom (UK) and the remaining 27 countries of the EU post-Brexit has numerous exp...
High-level roundtable discusses ‘Partnership in practice: making EU trade work for ACP countries’
26 Oct 17 NewsOn 20th October 2017, EU Trade Commissioner Cecilia Malmström co-hosted a high-level roundtable in Brussels, entitled ‘Putting Partnership into Practice.’
At the event, parti...
Economic Partnership Agreements should support regional integration – Deputy Minister Magwanishe
25 Oct 17 NewsThe Deputy Minister of Trade and Industry, Mr Bulelani Magwanishe has emphasised the importance of ensuring that the Economic Partnership Agreements concluded between the African, ...
SADC-EU EPA High-Level Civil Society Forum – Johannesburg, 16 October 2017
19 Oct 17 EventOn Monday, 16 October 2017, tralac participated in the SADC-European Union Economic Partnership Agreement High-Level Civil Society Forum in Johannesburg, South Africa.
The Forum a...
South African poultry and the SADC-EU EPA
18 Oct 17 DiscussionAlthough the South African poultry industry is important in the broader agro-processing sector (especially in terms of employment) it is facing various difficulties. Even before th...
South African citrus exports under the SADC-EU EPA
18 Oct 17 DiscussionCitrus fruits are one of the most important export products for the South African economy. For 2016 citrus fruit exports (1.7 million tonnes) were South Africa’s main agricultura...
tralac’s Daily News Selection
18 Oct 17 NewsTomorrow, in Cape Town, a CCR Public Dialogue: Civil society’s region-building role in Southern Africa’s agro-processing sector
Tomorrow, in Accra, the launch of Imani Africa...
Global trade: Path to shared prosperity
18 Oct 17 NewsSpeech by EU Trade Commissioner Cecilia Malmström at Wits University – Johannesburg, South Africa, 17 October 2017
I am thrilled to be here at these historic grounds and i...
tralac’s Daily News Selection
17 Oct 17 NewsAfrica Week 2017 is underway at the UN: update, downloads
SADC-EU Economic Partnership Agreement: updates from yesterday’s regional conference in Johannesburg. (i) Minister Davi...
Minister Davies and EU Trade Commissioner Malmström mark first anniversary of Economic Partnership Agreement
16 Oct 17 NewsSouth Africa’s Minister for Trade and Industry Robert Davies and EU Trade Commissioner Cecilia Malmström met in Johannesburg today to review their respective trade and investmen...
Commissioner Malmström in South Africa to celebrate first anniversary of regional trade agreement
16 Oct 17 NewsEU Trade Commissioner Cecilia Malmström was in South Africa on 16 and 17 October. The Commissioner attended a civil society forum in Johannesburg marking one year since the Econom...
tralac’s Daily News Selection
13 Oct 17 NewsUpdated World Bank macro poverty outlook reports: Botswana, Lesotho, Namibia, South Africa, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe
AU’s STC on Finance, Monetary Affairs, Economic Planning ...
ESA-EU Interim EPA: Joint communiqué of the sixth meeting of the EPA Committee
13 Oct 17 NewsThe sixth meeting of the EPA Committee under the Interim Economic Partnership Agreement (IEPA) between the Eastern and Southern Africa (ESA) region and the European Union was held ...