Tag: Global economy

Local news South Africa Renews Bid to Stem Blockades on Key Trade Routes (Bloomberg) South Africa’s government has signed an agreement with trucking associations to end frequen...

Local news N3 protest: Supply chain under attack, cost to economy more than R300m (Engineering News) The Road Freight Association wrote to President Cyril Ramaphosa on Thursday t...

WTO members successfully concluded the 12th Ministerial Conference (MC12) in Geneva on 17 June, securing multilaterally negotiated outcomes on a series of key trade initiatives. Th...

Local news South Africa Ponders Buying Russian Oil, Signifying Potential Win for Putin (Newsweek) South African officials are openly considering importing Russian oil to ease rec...

Director-General Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala called today (14 June) on members to go the extra mile to find convergence on the various issues at stake at the 12th Ministerial Conference (M...

Local news Localisation strategies must identify, remove constraints for local producers (Engineering News) Effective localisation strategies must start by identifying the constr...

The discussion on export restrictions is a long-standing issue in the World Trade Organisation (WTO) agriculture negotiations. This discussion is generally prompted by economic cri...

Introduction The conflict in Ukraine has caused a global economic and humanitarian catastrophe that ranges from human suffering, loss of lives, global food price increases, food s...

WTO members are engaged in concerted efforts to agree on MC12 deliverables in all areas of negotiations. Some of the priority areas include an outcome that will deliver a realistic...

WTO members secure unprecedented package of trade outcomes at MC12 WTO members successfully concluded the 12th Ministerial Conference (MC12), co-hosted by Kazakhstan, in Geneva on...

Local news Minister Thoko Didiza attends World Trade Organisation 12th Ministerial Conference on Agricultural Negotiation in Geneva, Switzerland, 12-16 Jun (South African Governme...

Local news Just transition holds opportunities, but also risks for South Africa’s liquid fuel value chain (Engineering News) A just transition of the liquid fuels value chain t...

Local news Wamkele Mene: South Africa’s jitters about free trade rules are ‘not supported by evidence at all’ (Daily Maverick) South Africa’s small and medium businesses ...

Local trade news National rail policy to support local industry, manufacturing (Engineering News) The National Rail Policy White Paper has a deliberate bias towards local manufac...

Local news SA companies could boost exports to EU by R350bn a year, research shows (Daily Maverick) South African companies are missing out on R350-billion a year in export oppor...

Local news Significant strides made in creating a conducive environment for investment in SA (the dtic) The Head of Invest South Africa (InvestSA), Mr Yunus Hoosen, has lauded su...

Local news Red tape is strangling small businesses (Mail & Guardian) The fundamental impact of governance failure, overregulation, and burdensome taxation in South Africa is ...

Local news Perfect storm has hit this industry in South Africa – and in turn, consumers (BusinessTech) South Africa is staring down the barrel of yet another huge fuel hike in ...

Local news SA Cangegrowers calls on government to honour Sugar Masterplan commitments (Engineering News) When Minister Ebrahim Patel delivers the budget for the Department of Tra...

Local news Investing in African Mining Indaba (Mail & Guardian) The local mining industry is thriving, but infrastructure needs to be improved and changes need to be made for...