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Shaping a 21st Century Trade Integration Agenda for Africa
11 Aug 2014 Trade Briefs PublicationsThe SADC Summit of Heads of State and Government takes place this week (17-18 August 2014). This occasion presents an important opportunity for decisive deliberations on an integra...
read moreThe SADC Protocol on Trade in Services: What is necessary to support the establishment of an integrated market?
02 Jul 2014 Trade Reports PublicationsIn August 2012, the Members States (MS) of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) adopted the Protocol on Trade in Services. The preamble to the Protocol provides for th...
read moreGhana – trade and trade related issues
25 Jun 2014 Trade Reports PublicationsThe World Bank reports that Ghana is a medium sized country in west Africa, with a land area of around the same size as the United Kingdom or Uganda. The reported population i...
read moreAfrica’s clothing trade – trading less amongst ourselves than with other partners?
25 Jun 2014 Trade Reports PublicationsMuch of the focus for African industrialisation must be on the clothing sector, as this is the classic low-tech and low-wage sector for an industrial base to assist an economy with...
read moreStatus of the Economic Partnership Agreement negotiations between the European Union (EU) and the Eastern and Southern African (ESA) countries
25 Jun 2014 Trade Briefs PublicationsEastern and Southern Africa (ESA) is a diverse Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) group including Indian Ocean islands (Comoros, Madagascar, Mauritius and Seychelles), countries ...
read moreThe Bali WTO Trade Facilitation Agreement: Implications for southern Africa
25 Jun 2014 Trade Reports PublicationsTrade facilitation referrs to the simplification, harmonisation, standardisation and modernisation of trade procedures. It encompasses policies designed to reduce trade transaction...
read moreThe Tripartite FTA: Background and overview of progress made in developing new harmonized Rules of Origin
25 Jun 2014 Trade Briefs PublicationsRules of Origin (RoO) are instruments used to determine the real source and economic origin of traded goods. Different types of RoO however serve different objectives. Non-preferen...
read more2014 SADC Summit – tralac submissions
17 Jun 2014 Trade Briefs PublicationsAs the region prepares for the 2014 SADC Summit to be held in August, tralac takes note of two articles from the SADC Treaty:
Article 23 of the Treaty states that SADC “shall ...
read moreThe possible effects on the Namibian economy of the signing or non-signing of the Economic Partnership Agreement with the European Commission as on 1 October 2014
12 Jun 2014 Trade Briefs PublicationsThe relationship between the European Commission (EC) and the African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) countries is governed by the Agreement that was signed in Cotonou in June 20...
read moreCost benefit analysis of socioeconomic implications of a possible signature or non-signature of an Economic Partnership Agreement for Namibia and some repercussions for member states of the Southern African Customs Union
12 Jun 2014 Trade Briefs PublicationsThe document titled The possible effects on the Namibian Economy of the signing or non-signing of the EPA with the European Commission sketched only the possible direct negative ef...
read moreMozambique – Trade and trade related issues
12 Jun 2014 Trade Briefs PublicationsThe objective for this paper is to firstly set the background for a discussion and analysis of Mozambique and its merchandise trading background before presenting a more detailed a...
read moreZambia – Trade and trade related issues
12 Jun 2014 Trade Briefs PublicationsZambia is a medium sized landlocked country in East Africa. Its land area of around three quarters of a million square kilometres (similar to Turkey, Chile and Pakistan) makes...
read moreIndustrial policy in Southern African regional integration and development
09 May 2014 Trade Reports PublicationsThis paper builds on the theme of regional industrial policy addressed in a number of recent tralac Working Papers and Trade Briefs (McCarthy 2013; Sandrey 2012 and 2013; Wool...
read moreExport taxes in the South African context
08 May 2014 Trade Reports PublicationsExport taxes are increasingly becoming a focus of attention in South African trade policy, and the objective of this paper is to review the trade and economic issues associate...
read moreThe Consequences of Retaliation in Southern African Trade Relations
05 Mar 2014 Trade Reports PublicationsThere are sound reasons why African Regional Economic Communities (RECs) have been designed as rules-based trade arrangements. Firstly, they have to function in terms of the GATT r...
read moreRevisiting export competitiveness: The World Bank’s most recent economic update for South Africa
05 Mar 2014 Trade Briefs PublicationsEarlier in February 2014, the World Bank’s Africa Region Poverty Reduction and Economic Management researchers presented their most recent economic update on South Africa, which ...
read moreA new Road to Regional Integration?
05 Mar 2014 Trade Briefs PublicationsShifts in mega debates often occur gradually and in small steps. The extent of the adjustment will only become clear over time. Things may, however, also move in directions not ori...
read moreHigh Court of Botswana steps into void left by SADC Tribunal
05 Mar 2014 Trade Briefs PublicationsThe suspension in 2010 of the SADC Tribunal has left a serious gap in the functioning of the Organization. The integrity and operations of SADC are affected if it is impossible for...
read moreCape to Cairo: Exploring the Tripartite FTA Agenda
26 Feb 2014 Books PublicationsOn 22 October 2008 in Kampala, Uganda, the Heads of State and Government of the Member States of the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA), the East African Commun...
read moreNegotiations on movement of business persons in the COMESA-EAC-SADC Tripartite region
20 Feb 2014 Trade Briefs PublicationsThe Communiqué of the first COMESA-EAC-SADC Tripartite Summit of Heads of State and Government held in October 2008 provides, in the area of trade, customs and economic integratio...
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