Tag: Intellectual property
Bangladesh’s upcoming graduation from LDC status, its amended provisions for the protection of Patents and its ongoing use of the WTO TRIPS flexibilities
25 Feb 24 PublicationsThe purpose of this Trade Brief is to provide the background to, and also an update on an important aspect of Bangladesh’s graduation from least-developed country (LDC) status, s...
AfCFTA Protocol on Intellectual Property Rights: Factsheet
05 Oct 23 InfographicsThe AfCFTA Protocol on Intellectual Property Rights (IPRs) was adopted by the AU Assembly during its 36th Ordinary Session held from 18 to 19 February 2023 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia...
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13 Jul 22 NewsLocal 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...
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05 Jul 22 NewsLocal
Eskom crisis: ANC NEC hears calls for state of emergency, moving power utility to energy dept (Engineering News)
"There were a lot of calls made by ANC leaders on how the g...
Coping with Covid after the AfCFTA has been launched
06 Mar 22 BlogThe 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...
Protecting Geographical Indications in an African context: The South African Rooibos saga and its aftermath
21 Oct 21 PublicationsGeographical 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...
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17 Jun 21 NewsNational
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...
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11 Jun 21 NewsNational
Masterplan to position South Africa as ‘globally significant’ renewables manufacturer (Engineering News)
Department of Mineral Resources and Energy (DMRE) director-g...
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08 Jun 21 NewsNational
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...
The proposed TRIPS Waiver to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic
07 Jun 21 BlogIn 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...
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01 Jun 21 NewsNational
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...
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10 May 21 NewsNational trade and trade-related news
Parly committee accused of trying to rush through ‘defective’ copyright bill for political reasons (News24)
An organisation representing...
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07 May 21 NewsNational 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...
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06 May 21 NewsNational 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)...
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04 May 21 NewsNational 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...
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30 Apr 21 NewsNational 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...
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26 Apr 21 NewsNational 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...
The WTO Secretariat under new Leadership
23 Mar 21 BlogOn 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...
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26 Feb 21 NewsCountry 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...
Speculating about Phase II of the AfCFTA Negotiations
10 Feb 21 BlogThe 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...