Tag: Global economy
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28 Feb 22 NewsCountry-related news
TFR to release tender in April for take-or-pay access to container corridors (Engineering News)
Transnet Freight Rail (TFR) will release a request for propos...
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25 Feb 22 NewsCountry-related news
Smuggling of Illegal Consignments of Clothing into South Africa Presents Ongoing Threat to the Viability of South Africa’s Clothing Industry (GlobeNewswire)...
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23 Feb 22 NewsCountry-related news
Imbalanced playing field trips up SA’s trade ambitions, Parliament hears (News24)
The Department of Trade and Industry blamed capacity challenges at the Wo...
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22 Feb 22 NewsCountry-related news
How South Africa can advance reforms to achieve its climate goals (IMF)
In our recent review of South Africa’s economy we explore how to raise growth, redu...
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17 Feb 22 NewsCountry-related news
Trade conditions on an upward trend, Sacci survey shows (Engineering News)
Trade conditions continued to improve in January after an uncertain second half of...
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15 Feb 22 NewsCountry-related news
New gas report says LNG pathway ‘optimal’ for South Africa as it lower stranded-asset risk (Engineering News)
A new report on ‘The role of gas in South...
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27 Jan 22 NewsCountry-related news
SARS Customs scales up digital transformation (SAnews)
The South African Revenue Service (SARS) Customs division will scale up digital transformation and inc...
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26 Jan 22 NewsCountry-related news
Mantashe: SA must oppose ‘investment killing’ foreign-funded lobby (Engineering News)
South Africa must oppose a foreign-funded anti-development agenda i...
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25 Jan 22 NewsCountry-related news
Investments worth more than R26bn in SA’s ocean economy unveiled (Moneyweb)
A package of investments worth more than R26 billion in South Africa’s oceans...
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17 Jan 22 NewsCountry news
Anxious times for South African citrus (Fruitnet)
With the start of the new South African citrus season only two months away, there is still no clarity on the negoti...
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14 Jan 22 NewsCountry news
South African economy likely to revert to pre-pandemic levels in 2022: World Bank (Financial Express)
South Africa’s economy is likely to grow by 2.1 per cent in 2...
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12 Jan 22 NewsTrade data updates
Solid SA trade surplus surprises, but rand takes hit (Fin24)
South Africa recorded a trade surplus of R35.83 billion in November, from a revised surplus of R27...
Moving Up the Value Chain – How Can Africa Keep Climbing the Ladder?
21 Dec 21 BlogIn the standard model of world trade, which is taught to first year students around the world, the patterns of world trade are fixed and unchangeable. Ricardo’s classic model of ...
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06 Dec 21 NewsNational
Another record export season for SA citrus, but picture not as rosy as it seems (Fin24)
Although the Southern African citrus industry is celebrating another record ...
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26 Nov 21 NewsNational
CSIR’s initial circular economy study shows potential to create economy-wide value (Engineering News)
The initial findings from the Council for Scientific and Industri...
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25 Nov 21 NewsNational
Auto industry welcomes the introduction of cleaner fuels in 2023 – Naamsa (Engineering News)
The Automotive Business Council says it welcomes the announcement of the n...
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23 Nov 21 NewsNational
Department of Trade, Industry and Competition zooms in on manufacturing at Indaba (IOL)
The Department of Trade, Industry and Competition (DTIC) Minister Ebrahim Patel i...
Was Glasgow a Cop Out?
16 Nov 21 BlogEven before the ink on the Glasgow Climate Pact had yet dried, commentators were scrambling to decide whether the 26th Conference of Parties (COP26) to the United Nations Framework...
Prospects and Developments in the WTO talks on Export Restrictions
16 Nov 21 BlogThe outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the limitations in the WTO rules on export restrictions. Consequently, the food importing countries such as Japan, Singapore, ...
Are WTO Members Misinterpreting or Abandoning the Mandate of S&DT in the WTO?
15 Nov 21 PublicationsIt is a long-held view of developing countries in the World Trade Organisation (WTO) that some restrict-ions imposed by WTO trade rules and trade related agreements tend to hinder ...