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tralac hosted a two-day workshop in Cape Town in early November 2018 to discuss the future of the Southern African Customs Union (SACU), the oldest customs union in the world. ...

Why the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA)? What are the modalities for tariff reductions, rules of origin and services sectors? Where will the real regional action be? ...

Reporting on trade and integration matters for Africa: a training course for journalists The Trade Law Centre (tralac) builds capacity for Africa to trade better. To this end, tra...

tralac presented a 5-day training course for the Judges of the COMESA Court of Justice (from the Appellate and First Instance Divisions) in Cape Town, South Africa during the week ...

tralac recently concluded its first certificate training programme on International Trade Law and Policy in the 21st Century, from an African development perspective. Following the...

tralac received a request to assist Zambia’s Ministry of Commerce, Trade and Industry to prepare for the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) negotiations; specifically o...

Does intra-Africa trade liberalisation create intra-Africa trade? As part of tralac’s capacity building initiative, tralac held a week-long workshop from 25-29 June, known as a ...

African agricultures production and trade performance since the 1960s As part of tralac’s capacity building initiative, tralac held a week-long workshop from 18-22 June, known a...

Reporting on trade and integration matters for Africa: a training course for journalists The Trade Law Centre (tralac) aims to build capacity for Africa to trade better. To this e...

On 3-4 May 2018, tralac held its first Alumni Workshop in Cape Town. All participants were graduates of tralac’s capacity building programmes, including the post-graduate diploma...

On 26 and 27 April 2018, tralac hosted a High-Level Dialogue on SACU, with a focus on the SACU Work Programme and Future Developments. Participants came from the private and public...

On 16-17 April 2018, tralac – in collaboration with Zimbabwe National Chamber of Commerce (ZNCC) and Zimbabwe Network of Customs and Excise Experts – hosted an AfCFTA Awareness...

The African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) – Opportunity for Africa tralac held its 2018 Annual Conference from 22 to 23 March in Kigali, Rwanda. The Conference was held f...

On 6 February, tralac (through tralac Associate Eckart Naumann) joined the Tourism, Trade and Investment Promotion Agency for Cape Town (WESGRO), along with the US embassy, the USA...

The Port Management Association of Eastern and Southern Africa (PMAESA) held its 2017 Annual Conference in Livingstone, Zambia from 22-23 November 2017. The conference, which was b...

Talkmore Chidede, tralac researcher, participated at the 2nd Annual Southern Africa International Arbitration Conference (SAIAC 2017) held on November 15th and 16th in Johannesburg...

On 15 November Willemien Viljoen, tralac researcher, participated in a panel discussion on Regional Customs Trends during the 6th Annual Africa Transfer Pricing Summit in Cape Town...

tralac collaborated with the Namibian Agricultural Trade Forum to present a Workshop on Brexit in Namibia on 28 November 2017. The Workshop, on the topic Issues, implications...

On 30 November and 1 December, tralac hosted public officials and private sector representatives from the Southern African Customs Union (SACU) for a workshop on Industrial Develop...

In the week of 13 November, TRALAC, represented by Associate Eckart Naumann and Kenya-based Associate Dr Henry Mutai, was invited to partner with the Kenya Association of Manufactu...