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The Sanitary and Phytosanitary (SPS) policies of the African Regional Economic Communities, and the way forward for the CFTA
07 Jun 2017 Trade Briefs Publicationstralac, with the support of the Development Assistance section of the German Government through the Physikalisch Technische Bundesanstalt (PTB), recently completed a comparison of ...
read moreImport Controls in Zimbabwe: Statutory Instrument 64 of 2016 and more
01 Jun 2017 Trade Briefs PublicationsIndustrial policy initiatives are very much on the agenda at both national and regional levels in Africa. The debate, however, about what an industrial policy is and what it should...
read moreWhen will FTAs justify optimistic Expectations about African Integration?
24 May 2017 Trade Briefs PublicationsThe public debate about what the Tripartite Free Trade Area (TFTA) and the Continental Free Trade Area (CFTA) will bring about portrays an optimistic picture. Many commentators cla...
read moreAmendments to the SADC Protocol on Trade
18 May 2017 Trade Briefs PublicationsThis Trade Brief examines an important amendment of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) Protocol on Trade that was approved at the 2016 SADC Summit. This amendment co...
read moreOverview of the rebate facilities in the Southern African Customs Union
03 May 2017 Trade Briefs PublicationsThe Southern African Customs Union (SACU) Agreement (SACUA) of 2002 aims to facilitate free movement of goods between SACU member countries. For goods imported outside the region, ...
read moreAfrica’s trading relationship with Japan
26 Apr 2017 Trade Briefs PublicationsOver the last few years, the focus of African trade and trading relationships has focused on several countries and regions. Firstly, we have the European Union (EU) with the Econom...
read moreAre EPAs still on the African Agenda?
05 Apr 2017 Trade Briefs PublicationsThe Economic Partnership Agreements (EPAs) date back to the signing of the Cotonou Agreement (the ACP-EU Partnership Agreement) in 2000. Since that time, it has been the framework ...
read moreThe TFTA as a legal construct: What is it and how will it be implemented?
05 Apr 2017 Trade Briefs PublicationsThe Tripartite Free Trade Area (TFTA) is not, like the regional economic communities (RECs), a legal person. It is a sui generis framework agreement for promoting trade in goods am...
read moreWTO Trade Facilitation Agreement and its implementation in southern Africa
16 Mar 2017 Trade Briefs PublicationsThis Trade Brief considers some of the major challenges and inefficiencies in cross-border trade in the southern Africa region and the benefits that implementation of the World Tra...
read moreFirst contours of a new American-African Policy and a new Era of Trade with the North?
08 Mar 2017 Trade Briefs PublicationsThis Trade Brief looks at some of the implications for Africa of the election of Mr. Donald Trump as the 45th American President, as well as considering broader international trade...
read moreIssues for CFTA negotiators to consider
22 Feb 2017 Trade Briefs PublicationsThis paper will examine the modalities (the formulas, targets, or specific measures used to accomplish stated objectives) associated with current negotiations on the African Contin...
read moreThe Blue Economy – opportunities for Africa’s sustainable development agenda
22 Feb 2017 Trade Briefs PublicationsAlongside a marked rise in the global interest in and defence of our fragile natural environment, there has been a growing worldwide interest in the Blue Economy and how it natural...
read moreAfrica’s economic performance in perspective
16 Feb 2017 Trade Briefs PublicationsThe objective for this paper is to assess Africa’s economic profile over the last fifty or so years and try to place this performance in perspective. We use a variety of indicato...
read moreA discussion on the Trade and Environmental Review and fisheries data for Africa
08 Feb 2017 Trade Briefs PublicationsThe United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) has recently released a Trade and Environmental Review (TER). The review presents a broad overview of three contempo...
read moreMore Trade Disputes in 2017? Starting with Measures Against EU Chickens
18 Jan 2017 Trade Briefs PublicationsAfrican governments do not believe in adjudication as a means for settling trade disputes. This is unfortunate. A final and binding ruling clears the air, removes uncertainty about...
read moreTrade policy review for 2016: is there a trump card?
15 Dec 2016 Trade Briefs PublicationsSeveral key events took place during 2016 that may collectively result in a turning point for trade liberalisation around the globe. South Africa, and perhaps more importantly Afri...
read moreThe EPA story and Implications of Brexit
15 Dec 2016 Trade Briefs PublicationsThe objective of this paper is to set the background for a discussion and analysis of the EAC-EU Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) and the implication of Brexit on the overall t...
read moreIntra-SACU Trade Data Analysis
30 Nov 2016 Trade Briefs PublicationsThe objective for this paper is to examine intra-SACU (Southern Africa Customs Union) trade with a special emphasis on the position of Botswana in this trade and the role of re-exp...
read moreImplementing the WTO Trade Facilitation Agreement in SADC: Promise and Pitfalls
30 Nov 2016 Trade Briefs PublicationsThe World Trade Organisation (WTO) considers the Trade Facilitation Agreement (TFA), reached in Bali, Indonesia, in December 2013, to be a considerable achievement. An official res...
read moreTrade Implications of Brexit for South African Agricultural Trade and Trade Policy
23 Nov 2016 Trade Briefs PublicationsThe objective of this paper is to set the background for a discussion and analysis of the old Trade Development and Cooperation Agreement (TDCA) and its replacement the SADC Econom...
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