Tag: Financial sector
The endgame of the EU-SADC EPA negotiations
09 Apr 14 DiscussionSean Woolfrey, tralac Researcher, comments on the current state of the EPA negotiations between the European Union (EU) and the Southern African Development Community (SADC) ...
Negotiations on the Tripartite Free Trade Agreement are moving forward
04 Apr 14 NewsAfrican high-level officials indicated recently that negotiations for the establishment of a free-trade area spanning three major regional economic communities in Africa have ...
Kenya should push for concessions in EPA negotiations
28 Mar 14 NewsKenya should use its geopolitical standing in the East Africa region to get concessions from fellow EAC states and the European Union in negotiating the new trade agreement.
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Ministers of Finance and Trade endorse compromises for concluding EPA negotiations
26 Feb 14 NewsWest Africa’s ministers of finance and trade have adopted the compromise proposals for concluding the decade long negotiations of the Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) with th...
SADC Trade in Services Negotiations
26 Feb 14 DiscussionJB Cronjé, tralac Researcher, discusses the Southern African Development Community’s trade in services negotiations
In August 2012, the Members of the Southern A...
Negotiations on movement of business persons in the COMESA-EAC-SADC Tripartite region
20 Feb 14 PublicationsThe Communiqué of the first COMESA-EAC-SADC Tripartite Summit of Heads of State and Government held in October 2008 provides, in the area of trade, customs and economic integratio...
West Africa, EU to resume EPA negotiations
27 Jan 14 NewsWest Africa and the European Union will resume their suspended Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) negotiations for the creation of a free trade before the end of January.
This i...
Is 2014 the Transatlantic trade deal’s ‘make-or-break’ year?
13 Jan 14 NewsArguably the most important economic development last year was the announcement of a new push toward a trade deal between the United States and the EU. Almost a year after Presiden...
Where self and common interests meet: A note on the Tripartite Free Trade Area tariff liberalisation negotiations
23 Oct 13 DiscussionWilliam Mwanza, tralac Researcher, comments on the market integration pillar of the Tripartite Free Trade Area negotiations
The eighth Tripartite Trade Negotiations Forum meeting ...
Redirecting the Tripartite Free Trade Agreement negotiations?
26 Jun 13 DiscussionGerhard Erasmus, tralac Associate, comments on developments in the Tripartite FTA negotiations
What is presently being discussed, in the Tripartite Free Trade Area (T-FTA) negotia...
Trade negotiations for a Free Trade Agreement: a guide to general principles and requirements
05 Jun 13 DiscussionRon Sandrey, tralac Associate, discusses the trade negotiation process towards a Free Trade Agreement, with reference to the Tripartite Free Trade Area (TFTA)
The objective of a n...
The need to factor informal cross border trade into the COMESA-EAC-SADC tripartite negotiations
20 Mar 13 DiscussionTaku Fundira, tralac Researcher, discusses the need to factor informal cross border trade into the COMESA-EAC-SADC tripartite negotiations.
Regional integration is regarded as bei...
Update on Preparations for Tripartite FTA Negotiations
12 Sep 12 Discussion
JB Cronjé, tralac Researcher, gives an update on preparations for the Tripartite FTA negotiations
In June 2011 the Heads of State and Government of the Common Market for ...
The Indian request list in the SACU-India Trade Negotiations
30 May 12 DiscussionWillemien Viljoen, tralac Researcher, discusses the Indian request list in the SACU-India Trade Negotiations
Formal trade negotiations to establish a Preferential Trade Agreement ...
The outcome of the climate change negotiations in Durban 28 Nov – 9 Dec 2011
15 Dec 11 DiscussionWillemien Viljoen, tralac Researcher, discusses the outcomes of the Durban Climate Change Conference
The 17th Conference of the Parties (COP 17) to the United Nations Framework Co...
An update on climate change negotiations under the BASIC group and the African position for COP 17
31 Aug 11 DiscussionWillemien Viljoen, tralac Researcher, provides an update on the preparations for the Durban Climate Change Conference
On 6-10 August 2010 the African Group Negotiators on Climate ...
A SADC-EU Economic Partnership Agreement – current status and benchmarking of negotiations
22 Aug 08 PublicationsAt the end of 2007 the WTO waiver with respect to the Lomé/Cotonou-based non-reciprocal trade preferences for African Caribbean and Pacific Group (ACP) countries in the EU market ...
Benchmarking EPA negotiations between EU and SADC
01 Oct 07 PublicationsThis Working Paper starts by summarising the status of SADC-EU EPA negotiations and sketches the legal and institutional outline underlying these negotiations. Subsequent to this, ...
Fostering Trade through Private-Public Dialogue: Business Implications of EPA Negotiations for SADC
13 Jun 07 EventThe International Trade Centre (ITC), in collaboration with the Trade Law Centre (tralac), organized a “Regional Experts Meeting” for the Southern African Development Community...