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Rules of Origin (RoO) in preferential trading arrangements set out the conditions according to which the origin of a product is determined. Products are often made up of both local...

Regional integration features prominently in the development strategies of most African countries. The current regional integration agenda for East and Southern Africa is ambitious...

Regional integration features prominently in the development strategies of most African countries. The current regional integration agenda for East and Southern Africa is ambitious...

Regional integration features prominently in the development strategies of most African countries. The current regional integration agenda for East and Southern Africa is ambitious...

Regional integration features prominently in the development strategies of most African countries. The current regional integration agenda for East and Southern Africa is ambitious...

Gerhard Erasmus, tralac Associate, discusses whether SACU will have a permanent summit. It has been announced that a meeting of Heads of State and Government of the SACU member st...

The issue of geographical indications (GIs) has been around for many years and has long been the subject of heated debate in a number of international fora. Controversy arises arou...

Regional integration is not a new issue in the Southern African region with the Southern African Customs Union (SACU) dating back to 1910. It was only in 2002, however, that steps ...

The revision of the ACP-EC rules of origin was long overdue, with the the prevailing regime dating back to the early Lome Conventions that governed the ACP’s access to EU markets...

Three remedies are available to a domestic industry injured by international trade, two of which deal with unfair trade. The first, and most commonly used, instrument is anti-dumpi...

In late 2006 South Africa unilaterally imposed quotas on the importation of selected clothing lines from China. Implementation was delayed until 1 January 2007. The key motivation ...

In discussing the trade policy regime for South African agriculture it is useful to place these policies into a framework. That framework is to use a ‘four pillars’ approach, a...

A definitive anti-dumping duty is normally imposed retroactively to the date provisional payments (preliminary duties), if any, were imposed. In practice, in South Africa and in ot...

In late 2006 South Africa unilaterally imposed quotas on the importation of selected clothing lines from China. These quotas were to come into force from the last quarter of 2006, ...

The International Trade Administration Commission (ITAC) was established in terms of the International Trade Administration Act, 71 of 2002 (ITA Act), and became operational on 1 J...

The trading relationship between the Southern African region and the EU is at a crossroads, where there are two major directions possible for the region plus numerous side roads th...

If you are trading into a country, you want to know as much as possible about the conditions of trade that exist in that country. Trade policies and practices are valuable sources ...

Exports of inland and marine capture fish and fishery products (thereafter ‘fish’) are of integral importance to government revenues and income and employment generation in Sub...