Tag: Intellectual property

The COVID-19 Pandemic was a massive shock to the world, how it trades, and how it is governed. It arrived in a world of sovereign states, albeit that some of them (such as the Euro...

Geographical indications (GIs) are used to identify a good as originating in the territory of a specific country, or a region or locality in that country, where a given quality, re...

National Agricultural rebound: South Africa’s citrus exports heading for a record year (Daily Maverick) South Africa’s citrus industry, which looks set to export a record 160...

National Masterplan to position South Africa as ‘globally significant’ renewables manufacturer (Engineering News) Department of Mineral Resources and Energy (DMRE) director-g...

National South Africa Parliament Calls for Comments on Fair Use (infojustice) South Africa Parliament’s Portfolio Committee on Trade and Industry has invited a further round of...

In early October 2020, India and South Africa presented a proposal to the TRIPS Council requesting a temporary waiver from the implementation, application, and enforcement of the A...

National South Africa’s trade surplus remains robust, underpinned by commodity prices (Daily Maverick) South Africa’s trade surplus remains among the few bright spots in an e...

National trade and trade-related news Parly committee accused of trying to rush through ‘defective’ copyright bill for political reasons (News24) An organisation representing...

National trade and trade-related news Post-pandemic recovery must be sustainable, inclusive (Engineering News) Efforts to accelerate the post-Covid-19 recovery in South Africa mu...

National trade and trade-related news South African trade rises on a tide of rallying commodity prices but government must boost economy to withstand a turnaround (Daily Maverick)...

National trade and trade-related news Poultry sector still on high alert for avian flu (IOL) The South African poultry and ostrich industries continued to remain under national h...

National trade and trade-related news Intellectual property rights can help combat illicit trade (News24) The protection of intellectual property rights can go a long way to help...

National trade and trade-related news Increased focus on customs and excise policy framework (Moneyweb) South Africa’s business community should brace itself for several change...

On 1 March 2021, Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala from Nigeria took office as the seventh Director-General (DG) of the World Trade Organization (WTO). She is the first woman and the first Af...

Country focus New bill aims to make it easier to do business in South Africa (BusinessTech) The opposition Democratic Alliance has tabled its Ease of Doing Business Bill which is...

The negotiations to adopt the AfCFTA’s Phase II Protocols are being launched and Phase III negotiations should be concluded by 31 December 2021[1]. Phase II will cover investment...

The scope of the Agreement establishing the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) covers trade in goods, trade in services, investment, intellectual property rights (IPRs) a...

Article 7 of the Framework Agreement establishing the AfCFTA provides that in pursuance of the objectives of the Agreement, member states shall enter into Phase II negotiations in ...

An effective Intellectual Property Right (IPR) system makes an important contribution to trade because it provides confidence to right holders that their rights will be respected a...

National SA virus fears cloud outlook for banks tied to economy (Moneyweb) The outlook for South African banks is growing murkier amid the rising threat of a second coronavirus w...