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The Polytol judgment of the COMESA Court of Justice: Implications for rules-based regional integration
01 Jul 2015 Trade Briefs PublicationsThe judgment by the First Instance Division of the COMESA Court of Justice in Polytol Paints & Adhesives Manufacturers Co. Ltd (Applicant) versus The Republic of Mauritius...
read moreThe new Principles for Negotiating the Continental FTA
01 Jul 2015 Trade Briefs PublicationsThe African Union Assembly launched the Continental Free Trade Area (CFTA) negotiations during the 25th Extraordinary Summit of Head of States and Governments on 15 June in Johanne...
read moreImplications of the Tripartite FTA for SADC and its Member States
01 Jul 2015 Trade Briefs PublicationsThe Tripartite Free Trade Area (TFTA) initiative was originally launched to establish a single FTA among the Member States of COMESA, EAC and SADC. This would have brought the bene...
read moreShaping a regional industrial development strategy in Southern Africa
29 Apr 2015 Trade Briefs PublicationsThe Southern African Development Community (SADC) is convening an Extra-Ordinary Summit of Heads of State and Government on 29 April 2015 to agree on a regional industrial developm...
read moreMutual Recognition of Professional Qualifications: The East African Community
01 Apr 2015 Trade Briefs PublicationsFor advanced regional economic integration arrangements, beyond trade in goods, the free movement of labour, is an essential part of the agenda. The free movement of labour creates...
read moreThe proposed Tripartite Non-tariff Barrier Elimination Mechanism: An Evaluation of Legal Texts and Practice
25 Mar 2015 Trade Briefs PublicationsOne of the priority areas of the Tripartite Free Trade Area (TFTA) is the elimination of non-tariff barriers (NTBs) to address the impact of these barriers on the cost of doing bus...
read moreMalawi’s trade profile 2001 to 2013
25 Mar 2015 Trade Briefs PublicationsMalawi has experienced mixed economic fortunes in recent years, characterised by low growth between 1994 and 2003, a spurt between 2005 and 2009, and balance of payment and fiscal ...
read moreCommodity exchange markets and their role in promoting regional value chains in eastern and southern Africa
25 Mar 2015 Trade Briefs PublicationsAfrica’s economic prospects can be greatly improved through minerals processing, the expansion of manufacturing activities, and the production and export of nontraditional agricu...
read moreSouth African Trade Policy: What can it achieve given supply-side stumbling blocks?
18 Feb 2015 Trade Briefs PublicationsTrade policy refers to the calculated use of interventionist measures at a country’s border to allocate resources to more productive use. The intention is to change the economy...
read moreReview of trade-related developments in 2014
21 Jan 2015 Trade Briefs PublicationsIn some respects the end of 2014 brought some light to a quiet year on the trade front. This Trade Brief reviews some of the trade-related developments of the past year at the glob...
read moreAfrican integration: an analytical approach
10 Dec 2014 Trade Briefs Publicationstralac has recently capitalised upon the pre-release version 9.2 of the GTAP database, and the recent excellent data sets from the World Bank and others publishing quality data on ...
read moreThe SADC Model Bilateral Investment Treaty Template: Towards a new standard of investor protection in southern Africa
10 Dec 2014 Trade Briefs PublicationsTrade and investment are the two fundamental pillars of international economic relations. Almost all international trade flows are governed either by bilateral or regional trade ag...
read moreThe legal framework and state of play of Economic Partnership Agreements between the EU and African regions
29 Oct 2014 Trade Briefs PublicationsThe Economic Partnership Agreements (EPAs) between the European Union (EU) and respective African, Caribbean, and Pacific (ACP) countries are regional agreements aimed at prom...
read moreSACU after ten years: taking stock and looking ahead
17 Sep 2014 Trade Briefs PublicationsThe new Southern African Customs Union (SACU) Agreement entered into force on 15 July 2014. Where does the Organization stand ten years later? Have the original expectations come t...
read moreSADC Summit’s emphasis on industrial development: implications on practical policy formulation
03 Sep 2014 Trade Briefs PublicationsThe curtain came down at the 34th Annual Summit of the Southern Africa Development Community (SADC) with special emphasis on the importance of beneficiation of exports.
The Summit...
read moreEthiopia: trade and trade-related issues
03 Sep 2014 Trade Briefs PublicationsThe objective of this paper is to firstly set the background for a discussion and analysis of Ethiopia and its merchandise trading background before presenting a more detailed anal...
read moreThe African trade profile for manufactured goods
27 Aug 2014 Trade Briefs PublicationsMuch has been written about two aspects of African trade. These are (a) the role that manufacturing products play (or do not play) in this trade and (b) the extent to which this ma...
read moreThe African trading relationship: new, old and good friends
20 Aug 2014 Trade Briefs PublicationsThis paper undertakes an examination of recent African trade patterns with respect to Africa’s ‘new’ friends, namely Brazil, Russia, India and China (the BRIC countries as a ...
read moreShaping 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 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 ...
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