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Special Missing Zones in South Africa’s Policy on Special Economic Zones
10 Oct 2012 Trade Briefs PublicationsIn November 2011, the South African Cabinet approved Special Missing Zones in South Africa’s Policy on Special Economic Zones to be published for public participation, and in Jan...
read moreOverview of AGOA’s apparel provisions in the context of US-Africa trade
10 Oct 2012 Trade Briefs PublicationsThe African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) forms a part of United States trade legislation that provides non-reciprocal preferential market access to the US market for qualifyin...
read moreAnother chapter in the SADC Tribunal saga: South African Court confirms the Tribunal’s Costs Order
03 Oct 2012 Trade Reports PublicationsDuring the final week of September 2012, the South African Supreme Court of Appeal handed down a judgment giving effect to aspects of an earlier ruling by the Southern African Deve...
read moreRegional integration in SADC: retreating or forging ahead?
19 Sep 2012 Trade Reports PublicationsRegional economic integration remains a viable development strategy for Africa, a continent characterised by small economies and markets. Integration of these markets can facilitat...
read moreWhat role for national planning commissions in the promotion of deeper regional integration in SADC?
19 Sep 2012 Trade Briefs PublicationsThe Southern African Development Community (SADC) has set itself very ambitious regional integration goals. There is now general agreement that more realistic goals and a better un...
read moretralac Policy Brief: Priorities for SADC’s regional economic integration agenda
22 Aug 2012 Trade Briefs PublicationsThis Policy Brief starts from the premise that regional economic integration makes sense for Africa; a continent characterised by small markets, small economies and small countries...
read moreAnti-Dumping in South Africa
25 Jul 2012 Trade Reports PublicationsWith trade liberalization worldwide, anti-dumping is one of the few measures available to industry to protect itself against international trade, provided such trade is unfair. Sou...
read moreIntra-industry trade: an examination of South Africa and the BRICs
23 May 2012 Trade Reports PublicationsIntra-industry trade (IIT) is defined as the simultaneous import and export of goods within the same industry, and the IIT data presented here essentially shows to what extent trad...
read moreThe Tripartite Free Trade Area – towards a new African integration paradigm?
03 May 2012 Books PublicationsThis is tralac’s third book focusing on the Tripartite Free Trade Area (T-FTA). Following an economic assessment of the impact of T-FTA, with specific emphasis on agric...
read moreReview of South Africa’s industrial policy and implications for SACU
02 May 2012 Trade Reports PublicationsSouth Africa is currently reviewing and formulating its industrial policy. The objective of this paper is not so much to present an examination of the South African Industrial Poli...
read moreThe EU Generalised System of Preferences: An overview of proposed reforms
02 May 2012 Trade Reports PublicationsEuropean countries through the European Commission (EC) have embarked on a reform process that aims to focus the non-reciprocal trade preferences offered under the European Union (...
read moreMonitoring Regional Integration in Southern Africa Yearbook 2011
19 Apr 2012 Books PublicationsA number of important trade-related developments took place in southern Africa in 2011. Developments on the rest of the African continent as well as in the global economy had impor...
read moreThe Regional Indicative Strategic Development Plan: SADC’s trade-led Integration Agenda
18 Apr 2012 Trade Briefs PublicationsThe Southern African Development Community (SADC) Secretariat conducted a desk review of the Regional Indicative Strategic Development Plan (RISDP) in 2011. This paper provides a b...
read moreSouth Africa – how do we become a BRIC?
29 Feb 2012 Trade Reports PublicationsIn a recent tralac Trade Brief, Sandrey (2011) examined how South Africa measured against some of the general criteria associated with the economic performance of the so-called ‘...
read moreThe impact of WTO law on foreign investment: the Walmart/Massmart merger
22 Feb 2012 Trade Reports PublicationsThe relevance of international commitments made by South Africa at the multilateral level became prevalent during the recent merger between Walmart and Massmart. What is the role, ...
read moreMonetary Union: the Experience of the Euro and the Lessons to be learned for the African (SADC) Monetary Union
08 Feb 2012 Trade Reports PublicationsIn June 2004, Professor Colin McCarthy presented a paper at a conference, entitled On the euro outside the euro-zone: the South African perspective. The paper addressed the le...
read moreTrade at a glance: the BRICS and Japan’s engagement with Africa
25 Jan 2012 Trade Reports PublicationsSince the beginning of the new millennium we are increasingly noticing the influence on the structure of the world economy not only of some major emerging markets, namely Brazil, I...
read moreWhat has happened to the protection of rights in SADC?
18 Jan 2012 Trade Briefs PublicationsFor about the last year and a half a vital aspect of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) legal regime, the ability to enforce the rights and obligations in the legal ...
read moreEmpowerment policies in SADC and their effect on agreement design
23 Nov 2011 Trade Briefs PublicationsEmpowerment policies may give rise to discrimination when local suppliers are treated more favourably than foreign ones, and can even limit market access opportunities for foreign ...
read moreThe EU GSP Rules of Origin: An overview of recent reforms
02 Nov 2011 Trade Reports PublicationsThe Generalised System of Preferences (GSP) is a non-reciprocal trade programme that has been adopted by a number of developed countries to provide trade preferences to developing ...
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