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A snapshot of the climate change agenda in 2021
01 Sep 2021 Trade Briefs PublicationsThe climate change crisis might have taken a backseat during the COVID-19 pandemic, but it has certainly again come to the fore with the release of the latest Intergovernmental Pan...
read moreCan the AfCFTA evolve into a New Generation Partnership for Africa?
01 Sep 2021 Trade Reports PublicationsAgreements to establish so-called new generation Free Trade Areas (FTAs) have become frequent. They are “new” because they liberalise not only trade in goods but also services,...
read moreFrom 1 to 100 Megawatt: a statutory context to President Ramaphosa’s bold step
31 Aug 2021 Trade Briefs PublicationsAn announcement on 10 June 2021 by South African President Cyril Ramaphosa that electricity generation up to 100 Megawatt (MW) would no longer require a license from NERSA – the ...
read moreThe Framework for the Implementation of the AfCFTA
30 Jul 2021 Trade Briefs PublicationsInternational trade is about commerce across the borders of sovereign States, which have jurisdiction over their own territory. Trade happens primarily through private initiative a...
read moreCan the AfCFTA evolve into a New Generation Partnership for Africa?
30 Jul 2021 Trade Briefs PublicationsThe so-called new generation Free Trade Agreements (FTAs) do not constitute a specific technical category but are generally designed for comprehensive trade deals and economic inte...
read moreThe potential role for drones in Africa’s value chains
30 Jul 2021 Trade Reports PublicationsIndustrialisation and the emergence of new technologies, such as the Internet, have improved value chain efficiency but also increased the complexity of production linkages. Within...
read moreAgricultural Issues in the African Continental Free Trade Area
30 Jul 2021 Trade Briefs PublicationsThe African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) aims to boost intra-African trade by providing a comprehensive and mutually beneficial trade agreement among the member states, cov...
read moreTrade facilitation in Africa: Solutions and recommendations
30 Jul 2021 Trade Briefs PublicationsLow intra-Africa and regional trade have historically been attributed to tariffs. However, recent evidence shows that non-tariff issues are the main reason for low intra-Africa and...
read moreInvestment, Growth and Business-Friendliness – Some Lessons for Africa
30 Jul 2021 Trade Briefs PublicationsDeveloping economies are characterised by high costs of capital and limited sources of investment funds. This acts as one constraint on the potential growth rates of these economie...
read moreResilience in African Economies: What Governments could do and the AfCFTA could contribute
20 Jul 2021 Trade Briefs PublicationsAfreximbank recently published a paper in the Bank’s Policy Journal under the title of Building a Better Future of Work for Resilience and Growth in Post-COVID-19 Africa. It make...
read moreGender Provisions in African Trade Agreements: An Assessment of the Commitments for Reconciling Women’s Empowerment and Global Trade
19 Jul 2021 Trade Reports PublicationsSince the early stage of trade integration within the African continent, women's interests have been on the agenda, at least that is what the agreements reveal. Indeed, including s...
read moreThe impact of Covid-19 restrictions on intra-Africa transit traffic through South Africa
03 Jul 2021 Trade Briefs PublicationsFrom the end of 2019, as the Covid-19 virus began to spread, countries have implemented various mitigating measures. These vary across countries and include short-term shutting-dow...
read moreThe institutional architecture for implementation of the trade facilitation agenda under the African Continental Free Trade Agreement
03 Jul 2021 Trade Briefs PublicationsThe Protocols to the Agreement establishing the African Continental Free Trade Agreement (AfCFTA) establish various technical committees to assist with the implementation of the Ag...
read moreIMF Response to Indebtedness in sub-Saharan Africa: Rays of Hope combating the shadow of COVID-19
03 Jul 2021 Trade Briefs PublicationsThe state of indebtedness in sub-Saharan African has been extensively detailed in a previous tralac trade brief. That brief showed that the region was already struggling with high ...
read moreEnhancing Corridor Institutional Arrangements for Improved Cross-Border Transport and Trade Facilitation
11 Jun 2021 Trade Briefs PublicationsIn Africa, cross-border road transport carries over 80% of intra-regional and inter-regional trade. It provides a critical link between landlocked countries and international marke...
read moreFrom Telephones to Smartphones – A look at the Harmonized System: Case study of the Samsung Case
01 Jun 2021 Trade Reports PublicationsThe seventh edition of the ‘Harmonized Commodity Description and Coding System’ of the World Customs Organisation (WCO) becomes operational on 1 January 2022. Since its incepti...
read moreRealising the One African Services Market through the AfCFTA
31 May 2021 Trade Briefs PublicationsStart of trade under the preferential terms of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) was announced on 1 January 2021, whilst negotiations to finalise outstanding issues ...
read moreIndebtedness in sub-Saharan Africa: The shadow of COVID-19
31 May 2021 Trade Briefs PublicationsThis trade brief will provide an overview of the state of indebtedness (including both public and private debt) for sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). This will cover the period of 2015-202...
read moreThe African Continental Free Trade Agreement (AfCFTA): what has South Africa actually offered Africa?
31 May 2021 Trade Briefs PublicationsIn early 2021, the AfCFTA started to become a reality, albeit an agreement with many details still to be finalized. The objective for this trade brief is to examine the African Con...
read moreServices Trade Restrictiveness and Services Trade: Making Sense of Inter-Decade Movements
28 May 2021 Trade Reports PublicationsThis paper investigates movements in services trade restrictions and their impacts on services trade over an eight-year period (2008-2016). It utilises the latest, most globally in...
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