tralac’s monthly electronic newsletter focuses on topics of special interest to Africa’s trade and regional integration agendas, as well as highlighting tralac’s policy dialogue, research and capacity-building activities. We also include updates from AGOA.info.

Current issue

April 2021: Investment issues in the AfCFTA

Past Issues

March 2021: Women in trade governance and the AfCFTA negotiations

January 2021: Welcome to tralac’s first newsletter for 2021

December 2020: End of 2020 reflections on trade and trade-related developments in Africa

November 2020: Start of trading under the AfCFTA regime

October 2020: Trade and related data matters

September 2020: tralac Annual Conference Report

August 2020: Industrial development and policy for Africa

pdf July 2020: Update on the African Continental Free Trade Area (8.88 MB) . Read it online.

pdf June 2020: Perspectives on trade-related issues that matter for Africa’s youth (9.50 MB) . Read it online.

pdf May 2020: COVID-19 and its impact (3.00 MB) . Read it online.

pdf April 2020: Special Edition on COVID-19 (1.33 MB) . Read it online.

pdf March 2020: Update on the AfCFTA (2.68 MB) . Read it online.

February 2020: tralac’s first newsletter for 2020

December 2019: tralac’s final newsletter for 2019

October 2019: Trade in services in the AfCFTA

August 2019: Institutions as the Anchor of Good Governance

July 2019: Dispute settlement in trade agreements

April 2019: The AfCFTA enters into force on 30 May

March 2019: Reflections on the tralac Annual Conference in Nairobi and AfCFTA developments

February 2019: South Africa – Where does economic policy and governance stand?

pdf January 2019: Developments to be monitored during 2019 (4.77 MB) . Read it online.

December 2018: Where do we stand on trade policy matters at the end of 2018?

November 2018: The Southern African Customs Union

pdf October 2018: The Multilateral Trading System – quo vadis? (1.10 MB) Read it online.

September 2018: Developments in Dispute Settlement in International Trade.

pdf August 2018: Women and trade (1.23 MB) . Read it online.

pdf July 2018: SADC-EU Economic Partnership Agreement (1.05 MB) . Read it online.

pdf June 2018: The African Continental Free Trade Area (865 KB) . Read it online.