tralac’s Daily News Selection
09 Nov 18 NewsForthcoming African trade, infrastructure and industrialisation policy events
Linked to implementing the WTO’s TFA and the AU’s AfCFTA
(i) Southern Africa: Border agency...
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Botswana State of the Nation Address 2018
06 Nov 18 NewsDelivered by Dr. Mokgweetsi E.K. Masisi, President of the Republic of Botswana, to the First Meeting of the Fifth Session of the Eleventh Parliament, 5 November 2018
Mister Speake...
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The Economic Partnership Agreements and EU-Africa trade relations: Joint statement from EU and African trade unions
02 Nov 18 NewsJoint ITUC-Africa/ETUC/ITUC Statement on the EU Economic Partnership Agreements with Central Africa, Eastern and Southern Africa, the East African Community, the Southern African D...
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26 Oct 18 NewsOttawa Ministerial on WTO reform: joint communiqué (GoC)
We note growing trade tensions are linked to major shifts in the global trading landscape. We also note the difficulties ...
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Investment Conference bags R290 billion for SA
26 Oct 18 NewsThe inaugural South Africa Investment Conference has secured nearly R290 billion worth of investment announcements for the country
“This R290 billion is what we have now in our ...
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SA hard at work to clear path for investment: Ramaphosa opens the South Africa Investment Conference
26 Oct 18 NewsOpening the inaugural South Africa Investment Conference, President Cyril Ramaphosa has called on potential investors to invest in the country for more bang for their buck.
“We ...
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South Africa Medium-Term Budget Policy Statement 2018: Reforms to boost the economy
25 Oct 18 NewsGovernment on Wednesday announced the proposed reprioritisation of R32.4 billion over the next three years as part of reforms to boost the South African economy.
In the Medium Ter...
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South Africa welcomes product exclusion for some steel and aluminium products from the Section 232 duties
25 Oct 18 NewsThe US Department of Commerce has granted product exemptions for imports of 161 aluminium and 36 steel products from the Section 232 duties that the United States imposed against f...
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22 Oct 18 NewsDiarise:
(i) The East African Legislative Assembly resumed its sitting in Arusha this morning: it continues until 10 November. This week’s EAC calendar of events can be accessed...
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Kenyan Industry recommends sectoral strategies to achieve the Big Four Agenda
22 Oct 18 NewsThe Kenya Association of Manufacturers (KAM) has launched a report that seeks to identify cross-cutting constraints to growth, possible solutions, and sector-specific interventions...
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Changing nature of competitiveness poses challenges for future of the global economy
17 Oct 18 NewsThe WEF’s annual study on the global economy finds a competitiveness landscape radically altered by the impact of the Fourth Industrial Revolution
The changing nature of economi...
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tralac’s Daily News Selection
12 Oct 18 NewsDiarise:
(i) COMESA-EAC-SADC Tripartite Transport and Transit Facilitation Programme: validation workshop for cross border road transport agreements, model laws and regulations (2...
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tralac’s Daily News Selection
09 Oct 18 NewsFeatured tweet, @RencapMan: Who’s got the biggest economy in Africa in 2018? If you use the NGN325 exchange rate, it is Nigeria. If you use the market rate, South Africa has retu...
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Jobs Summit ends on a high note: Historic agreement signed, sealed, delivered
05 Oct 18 NewsWrapping up the two-day Jobs Summit, President Cyril Ramaphosa has called on all stakeholders to roll-up their sleeves and create the much needed jobs in the country.
“This summ...
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Africa’s Pulse: Growth in sub-Saharan Africa is slower than expected
04 Oct 18 NewsInvestments in non-resource sectors, jobs, and efficient firms and workers are needed
Sub-Saharan African economies are still recovering from the slowdown in 2015-16, but growth i...
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28 Sep 18 NewsSouth Africa’s August 2018 merchandise trade statistics show a R8.79 billion surplus from an upwardly revised R5.29 billion deficit in July and above market expectations. “We e...
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Third Industrial Development Decade for Africa: Enhanced and innovative global partnerships key to a successful AfCFTA
26 Sep 18 NewsHigh-level event on Enhancing global partnerships for IDDA III held on the margins of the 73rd UN General Assembly in New York
Heads of States, high-level representatives of ...
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21 Sep 18 NewsThe ATPC’s David Luke: The ECA has received requests from a dozen countries and/or RECs for support in developing an AfCFTA country strategy
Potential of manufacturing and indus...
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AfCFTA will spur Africa’s industrialization and economic development, says ECA’s David Luke
21 Sep 18 NewsThe African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) is a tool that countries can use to create opportunities for African businesses and through them drive the continent’s industrial...
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Intra-African trade key to continent’s economic growth, says Mauritian Minister
18 Sep 18 NewsThe 24th Session of the Inter-Governmental Committee of Experts (ICE) of Southern Africa opened in Mauritius today with an impassioned plea from Foreign Affairs, Regional Integrati...
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