Tag: EU-Africa relations
Export promotion seminars for the SACU-EFTA Free Trade Agreement, July 2009
03 Jul 09 EventBusiness Unity SA (BUSA) and the Department of Trade and Industry (the dti) hosted a workshop on the export opportunities available under the SACU-EFTA FTA. The seminars took place...
Seminar: Use and Application of Geographical Indications by ACP member states as a trade tool – Montpellier, 24-27 March 2009
05 May 09 EventBackground
International agricultural trade is characterized by increased competition between emerging countries in lucrative markets in developed countries. The intensification o...
3rd Annual Garnet Conference: Mapping Integration and Regionalism in a Global World, September 2008
23 Apr 09 Eventtralac participated in the 3rd Annual GARNET Conference hosted by the University of Bordeaux from 17-19 September 2008, under the theme Mapping Integration and Regionalism in a Glo...
A SADC-EU Economic Partnership Agreement – current status and benchmarking of negotiations
22 Aug 08 PublicationsAt the end of 2007 the WTO waiver with respect to the Lomé/Cotonou-based non-reciprocal trade preferences for African Caribbean and Pacific Group (ACP) countries in the EU market ...
Southern Africa and the European Union: the TDCA and SADC EPA
02 Jun 08 PublicationsRegional integration is not a new issue in the Southern African region with the Southern African Customs Union (SACU) dating back to 1910. It was only in 2002, however, that steps ...
A general overview of proposed changes to the Rules of Origin in ACP-EU EPAs
28 May 08 PublicationsThe revision of the ACP-EC rules of origin was long overdue, with the the prevailing regime dating back to the early Lome Conventions that governed the ACP’s access to EU markets...
Trade Policy Tools Training – February/March 2008
04 Mar 08 EventTrade liberalization has gained increasing attention both at the bilateral and multilateral level in the past two decades. We have witnessed the formation of the World Trade Organi...
tralac EPA Review Workshop, 23 January 2008
25 Jan 08 EventCritical evaluation of the EPA negotiation process
The first phase of the EPA negotiations is now completed and Member States are preparing themselves for the next round of n...
Report-back on Muenster Conference, Germany, 11-12 October 2007
12 Oct 07 EventOn 11-12 October, the Center for Trade Law in Münster, Germany, organised and hosted its 12th Annual Trade Law Conference with the theme ‘Bilateral and regional trade agreements...
SADC EPA Benchmarking Workshop, 1 October 2007
02 Oct 07 EventDespite the process of negotiating the EPAs between the ACP and EU countries appearing to have been conceived with sustainable development goals in mind, progress in the negotiatio...
Southern Africa and the trading relationship with the European Union
23 Jan 07 PublicationsThe trading relationship between the Southern African region and the EU is at a crossroads, where there are two major directions possible for the region plus numerous side roads th...
tralac Annual Conference 2006
20 Oct 06 Eventtralac’s 2006 Annual Conference, held at the President Hotel in Cape Town on 5 and 6 October, focused on Economic Partnership Agreements.
A special relationship has long existed...
Rules of Origin under EPAs: Key Issues and New Directions
06 Feb 06 PublicationsRules of origin form a critical component of any trade agreement or preferential trade area, and thus an important role in the implementation of trade policy. They are used as a to...
tralac Annual Conference 2005: EPA Conference
13 Oct 05 Eventtralac held its Annual Conference on 13 and 14 October 2005 in Cape Town on the Economic Partnership Agreements (EPAs) and their impact on African, Caribbean and Pacific countries....