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Ministers fail to outline a clear plan to achieve the target – which amounts to about $2tn – or consequences for missing it The G20 nations will aim to increase global growth ...

Address by the Minister of Trade and Industry, Dr Rob Davies to the National Council of Provinces (NCOP), on the Special Economic Zones Bill 2013 18 February 2014 The Special Eco...

Kenya could lose more than other East African Community member states if the trade bloc does not sign a new Economic Partnership Agreement with the European Union. The EU delegati...

China-Africa trade totaled more than $200 billion last year, Chinese President Xi Jinping said Thursday, highlighting the Asian powerhouse’s burgeoning trade and investment ties ...

Remarks by Dr Rob Davies at the Centre for Conflict Studies Public Dialogue Cape Town, 17 February 2014 At the outset, let me thank the Centre for Conflict Studies and its Direct...

There has been a lot of talk about Africa’s rising economic prosperity and whether it is sustainable and deeply rooted in reducing extreme poverty across the continent. So, I sat...

Technical Officials from the East African Community (EAC) and the United States (U.S.) met 12 to 15 February 2014 in Bujumbura, Burundi to discuss Trade Africa and the EAC – U.S....

Director-General Roberto Azevêdo, in presenting his first global trade-monitoring report to WTO members on 17 February 2014, said that trade growth projections for this year are ...

The 11th Regional Meeting of the African Caribbean Pacific-European Union (ACP-EU) Joint Parliamentary Assembly has ended with delegates rallying for the harmonization and rat...

India will collaborate with the four other BRICS countries in science and technology to generate new knowledge and develop innovative products, services and processes, critical to ...

In Africa, exports are booming and export markets have become more diversified. Foreign direct investments have increased by a factor of six over the past decade. Private entrepre...

The push towards regional integration in eastern and southern Africa depends on a number of factors. One important factor is ensuring that small and medium enterprises (SMEs) are f...

Governments of resource-rich countries have to take care in pursuing higher taxes and rents on mining companies as they risk flouting international trade rules, the Mining Indaba i...

US poultry producers are lobbying their government to withdraw South Africa’s duty-free access in retaliation for anti-dumping duties, which they say are unfair. South Africa en...

Rural development is key to Africa’s prosperity, yet it has been undervalued by Governments, international lenders and policy advisers, the UN International Labour Organization (...

Trade and Industry Minister, Dr Rob Davies, says the private sector should join government’s move towards buying locally produced goods to stimulate domestic economic growth. Sp...

The importance of infrastructure as a key driver of growth, competitiveness and social well-being is well established. Yet, as highlighted in the World Economic Forum’s new repor...

To address the challenges impeding the flow of goods and services within the continent, policy makers must employ strategies that would strengthen Africa’s infrastructure develop...

Namibia said it won’t be able to renew a trade deal with the European Union by the time an existing agreement expires in October because the 28-nation bloc is inflexible over foo...

South Africa and Sweden have long-standing political and development connections, and linking up to find ways to monitor South Africa’s export competitiveness is the latest ventu...