Tag: Global economy

Local news Industry calls for renewal of poultry tariffs (Engineering News) The biggest threat to South Africa’s poultry industry is “unfair trade practices from countries li...

The war in Ukraine has been described as the world’s biggest security crisis since the Second World War. It is also changing global relationships, policies and institutional affi...

Local News Arab-Spring Warning Spurs Ramaphosa to Tout Growth-Plan Progress (Bloomberg) South African President Cyril Ramaphosa said the government is making progress on a p...

Local news With half of SA’s exports at carbon-tariff risk, new report calls for 190 GW renewables push (Engineering News) With almost half of South Africa’s exports at risk ...

Local news SA government hits back at new EU regulations on citrus exports (IOL) The South African government has described new requirements for the export of citrus, mainly oran...

Local news Structural growth in South Africa to slow for the rest of this year (Engineering News) While South Africa's real gross domestic product (GDP) growth expanded...

Local news Ukraine-Russia conflict provides SA and Angolan Companies with opportunity to collaborate - Chamber President (the dtic) Both the South African and Angolan economies a...

Local news AfDB to lead Zim debt clearance roadmap (The Herald) African Development Bank (AfDB) president Dr Akinwumi Adesina has formally accepted President Mnangagwa’s reques...

Local news New EU food regulations could see many South African citrus consignments destroyed (Engineering News) New European Union (EU) regulations, which apply from July 14, re...

The Twelfth Session of the Ministerial Conference (MC) of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) took place in Geneva from 12 to 16 June 2022. After lengthy negotiations an Outcomes Do...

Local news South Africa is still an attractive investment, with billions flowing in: government (BusinessTech) South Africa remains an attractive and lucrative investment destina...

Local news South Africa’s FDI inflows increased to R27.2bn in the first quarter (Engineering News) South Africa recorded foreign direct investment (FDI) inflows of R27.2-billio...

Local news Government asks cement producers for ‘no price increases’ (Moneyweb) Minister of Trade, Industry and Competition Ebrahim Patel has reportedly asked South Africa’...

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...

WTO members secure unprecedented package of trade outcomes at MC12 WTO members successfully concluded the 12th Ministerial Conference (MC12) in Geneva on 17 June, securing multila...

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