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International trade has its own terminology. The following is a list of general trade terms as used in international trade agreements concluded by states and as applied in the lega...

Rules of Origin (RoO) are the legal provisions and related criteria that are used to establish the nationality of traded goods. RoO that are used in non-preferential trade serve va...

Cross-border value chains are a form of trade in which intermediate value (whether product or service) passes from one country to another, to be beneficiated by the recipient count...

The mapping of cross-border value chain flows between countries and regions can be of much assistance in understanding trade and production relationships. Cross-border value chains...

DOWNLOAD PUBLICATION The African region is the last region to become integrated into the global digital economy. Throughout Africa, platform usage, e-commerce, social network use ...

From the 22nd – 24th of August 2023, the BRICS, which includes Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa, held its 15th Summit in South Africa. This was the third time South...

Objectives of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA), such as industrial development through diversification and regional value chain development, increased intra-regiona...

The growth of demand for freight transport services among African countries is likely to accelerate due to a number of factors which include the sustained effort by individual coun...

The African Continental Free Trade Agreement is at the heart of several coordinated projects designed to fundamentally reshape Africa’s economy, creating a more highly integrated...

This Trade Brief addresses recent developments and debates around AGOA, given lingering questions about South Africa’s future AGOA eligibility, and the potential impact on trade ...

This trade brief explores the potential for AfCFTA-enabled regional value chain (RVC) development for Egypt, a North African country with significant value chain links with Europe ...

There are high expectations about what will happen once the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) is fully operational. Some predict that intra-African trade in goods (and s...

This trade brief explores the potential for AfCFTA-enabled regional value chain (RVC) development for Algeria, a North African country with significant value chain links with Europ...

The implementation of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) Agreement may start soon. In this Update, we remind readers of what the legal instruments of the AfCFTA provi...

This Trade Brief focuses on two trade agreements: firstly, the trading relationship between the European Union (EU) and the Southern Africa Customs Union (SACU) under the Southern ...

This trade brief explores the potential for AfCFTA-enabled regional value chain (RVC) development for Mauritania, a North African country but one that has moderate trade and value ...

Algeria is classified as a lower-middle-income country, with a real gross domestic product (GDP) in purchasing power parity (PPP) of $488 billion and a GDP per capita (in dollars c...

This Trade Brief gives a snapshot overview of Algeria’s global economic and trading environment. It is accompanied by an infographic highlighting key economic and trade indicator...

L'Algérie est classée dans la catégorie des pays à revenu intermédiaire de la tranche inférieure, avec un produit intérieur brut (PIB) réel en parité de pouvoir d'achat (P...

Cette brēf donne commerce un aperçu de l'environnement économique et commercial mondial de l'Algérie. La note est accompagnée d'une infographie mettant en évidence les princi...