Tag: Multilateral trade agreements
Exceptions in the SADC-EU Economic Partnership Agreement
31 Jul 18 BlogPart IV of the SADC-EU Economic Partnership Agreement contains certain General Exceptions to the non-discrimination principle in the MFN and national treatment rules. Exceptions ar...
Brics bloc signs declaration reaffirming multilateral trade as per WTO rules
27 Jul 18 NewsLeaders of the Brics bloc of emerging economies, meeting in the wake of tariff threats by US President Donald Trump, signed a declaration supporting an open and inclusive multilate...
DG Azevêdo: Now is the time to speak up for trade and the trading system
25 Jul 18 NewsAt a meeting of the full WTO membership held yesterday, Director-General Roberto Azevêdo outlined the economic and systemic threats posed by the growing tensions in global trade a...
8th Meeting of the BRICS Trade Ministers: Joint Communiqué
05 Jul 18 News Joint Communiqué
The 8th BRICS Trade Ministers met on 5 July 2018 in Magaliesburg, South Africa under the chairmanship of Dr Rob Davies, Minister of Trade and Industry ...
DG Azevêdo: “Our efforts in the WTO must translate into real trade gains for LDCs”
02 Jul 18 NewsAddressing a meeting of the Least Developed Countries (LDCs) Group on 28 June 2018, Director-General Roberto Azevêdo said WTO members need to build on the progress achieved on LDC...
tralac’s Daily News Selection
27 Jun 18 NewsA reminder: The Southern African Structured Trade Seminar is underway in Livingstone. For Twitter updates: #SAST2018
WTO’s Trade Facilitation Agreement: update
“Almost 85% of...
WTO members take stock of progress on implementing Trade Facilitation Agreement
27 Jun 18 News“Almost 85 per cent of WTO members have now completed their domestic ratification processes. This is great progress, but of course there is more to do,” DG Azevêdo said at the...
EU’s Malmström: bad domestic policies also make trade unfair
05 Jun 18 NewsEU Trade Commissioner Cecilia Malmström says domestic policy choices, such as taxation, are just as responsible as global trade rules for determining who benefits from globalizati...
Trade Facilitation in Africa: Progress, Performance and Potential
30 May 18 PublicationsTrade facilitation refers to measures taken by a sovereign nation and its agencies to remove or ameliorate hindrances to cross-border trade of goods and services. In the African co...
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19 Apr 18 NewsExploring Malawi’s export potential (ITC)
Regional integration is the key to Malawi’s trade success, according to a new ITC report (pdf) that uncovers the country’s greatest...
WTO Members submit proposals aimed at advancing exploratory e-commerce work
19 Apr 18 NewsOver the past few weeks, a host of submissions have been put forward by WTO members as part of exploratory work to support future talks among interested parties on the trade-relate...
WTO’s Trade Facilitation Agreement and Doing Business reforms: Are they related and how?
14 Mar 18 NewsSmall differences in the time and cost to trade can determine whether or not a country participates in global value chains.
In this respect, the World Trade Organization’s ...
WTO General Council chair: transparency and inclusivity important to build trust
09 Mar 18 NewsRemarks by Ambassador Xavier Carim (South Africa) at the conclusion of his final meeting as chair of the General Council
Let me start by saying that it has been a privilege to ser...
Post-MC11: Charting a way forward for LDCs, SVEs and SSA countries
07 Mar 18 NewsThe 11th World Trade Organization (WTO) Ministerial Conference (MC11) was held from 10-13 December 2017 in Buenos Aires, Argentina, against a backdrop of considerable changes to th...
Are Trade Remedies important for achieving the AfCFTA Goals?
23 Feb 18 BlogTrade remedies (TR) are trade policy tools used by governments to take remedial action against imports which cause injury to domestic industries. TR consist of anti-dumping (AD), c...
Africa should not ignore what happened in Buenos Aires
23 Feb 18 BlogThe 11th Ministerial Conference of the WTO in Buenos Aires was a disappointment. The meeting concluded without any new deals and no signs that the Doha Development Agenda (DDA) wil...
Collective action is key to defending trade, Geneva Dialogue hears
20 Feb 18 NewsChallenges to the multilateral trading system can be met by collective institutions like UNCTAD defending trade’s power to pull more people out of poverty.
The time has come to ...
Why Africa should not ignore what happened in Buenos Aires
15 Feb 18 PublicationsThe 11th Ministerial Conference of the World Trade Organization (WTO), held in Buenos Aires in December 2017, was a disappointment. It has been described in The Economist as “the...
Brazil circulates proposal for WTO Investment Facilitation deal
09 Feb 18 NewsBrazil submitted an extensive draft proposal for a potential agreement on investment facilitation to the WTO’s General Council last week, in a bid to jumpstart more “...
Informal WTO Ministerial gathering on the sidelines of the WEF emphasises the need for political discussion on development
02 Feb 18 NewsThe Informal World Trade Organisation (WTO) Ministerial Gathering on the side-lines of World Economic Forum (WEF) was convened by Switzerland on 26 January 2018 as an opportunity f...