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While not generating the media attention that some of the more prominent emerging markets of China, India and Brazil and, in spite of the prominence of the EU Trade, Development an...

Supports to South African agriculture were stripped from the sector from 1994/95 to the end of the 1990s, and these domestic reforms were accompanied by the liberalisation of trade...

Following a comprehensive examination of the most recent merchandise trade flows between the relevant countries, this paper uses a computer model to look at the possible economic r...

The stalling of the talks in the Doha Round at the World Trade Organisation (WTO) in Geneva are leading to questions about the value of such a Round for South Africa, and against t...

South Africa is one of the oldest and most prolific users of the anti-dumping instrument. The International Trade Administration Commission (ITAC), which is responsible for conduct...

A feature of the World Trade Organization (WTO) during its first ten years has been the impact of the so-called Singapore issues of investment, competition, government procurement ...

South Africa and New Zealand, both members of the Cairns Group, have undergone comprehensive agricultural sector reforms over the last twenty years. While New Zealand's reforms p...

An attempt has been made to make this Guide ‘reader-friendly’ by capturing the principles in the simplest way possible, without diluting the gist and content of the findings....

Clothing, textile and footwear imports from China have increased very significantly since the turn of the century. Many newspaper articles relate the problems the industry faced, s...

After some deliberation but not consultation, the South Africa Government announced its Memorandum of Understanding relating to restrictions on the importation of clothing from Chi...

WTO dispute settlement is inter-governmental in nature since the rules and procedures apply to the settlement of disputes between Members concerning their rights and obligations un...

The impact of the WTO Agreement on Trade Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPs) on access to essential medicines in the developing world is an issue that has gripp...

Regional trade agreements are becoming an increasingly popular trade policy tool in many countries, and SACU/South Africa is embracing this concept with a view to furthering i...

Protecting consumers from unsafe food, the environment from overexploitation of resources and pollution, and workers and producers from unjust labour and trade relations are genera...

This data analysis examines South African imports into India and Indian imports into South Africa. Data through to December 2005 is sourced from the respective countries using the ...

Trade creation is new trade from a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) partner which would not have existed otherwise, and that, generally, is good. But often much of this may be just trade...

As the euphoria of trade liberalisation is being replaced by hard and realistic analysis, a worrying feature is that the gains from comprehensive liberalisation are being reduced. ...

Development issues have long been a component of the multilateral trading system and it is widely recognised that there is a strong link between trade and development. The nature o...

The data analysis in this paper examines South African imports into China and Chinese imports into South Africa. Data through to December 2005 is sourced from the respective countr...

As the euphoria of trade liberalisation is being replaced by hard and realistic analysis, a worrying feature is that the gains from comprehensive liberalisation are being reduced. ...