Tag: Regional integration
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06 Mar 24 NewsAutomotive demand for platinum expected to hit seven-year high this year (Engineering News)
This year could potentially turn out to be quite an interesting year for platinum as a ...
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04 Mar 24 NewsSolar, battery, inverter imports surged to R70bn in 2023 as wind turbines recovered from two-year lull (Engineering News)
South African imports of solar panels, lithium-ion batter...
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01 Mar 24 NewsStimulating sustainable wood in Green Construction in Kenya for low carbon climate resilient development (UNDP)
The forest sector plays a key role in socioeconomic development of ...
Africa’s Trade in Wildlife Commodities – data, regulation and sustainability challenges
29 Feb 24 PublicationsWildlife trade involves the buying, selling, or bartering of wildlife and wildlife products, which can be done for commercial, subsistence, or cultural purposes. Wildlife trade can...
The EAC wants to become a “Political Confederation”. What could this mean?
29 Feb 24 BlogThe media recently reported that the process of transforming the EAC into a political confederation “is in progress”.[1] Certain recommendations have already been made by a “...
The African Continental Free Trade Area: A tralac guide (updated February 2024)
28 Feb 24 PublicationsThis booklet, updated in February 2024, provides a guide to the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) and how it fits within Africa’s broader development agenda – the ar...
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22 Feb 24 NewsInnovative interventions needed to turn around underperforming growth trajectory (Engineering News)
Against the backdrop of a profoundly challenging macroeconomic environment wher...
Infrastructural development under the AfCFTA
14 Feb 24 BlogApart from Annexes dealing with customs administration and border governance issues, the AfCFTA Agreement does not mention infrastructural development explicitly as one of its obje...
Three’s a Crisis: Burkina Faso, Niger, and Mali announce that they will leave ECOWAS
13 Feb 24 BlogOn 8 February, the foreign ministers of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) convened to address the potential loss of three member states. At the end of January ...
tralac Regional Roundtable for the Diplomatic Community – Cape Town
12 Feb 24 EventOn 7 February, tralac presented to the diplomatic community as part of a “Regional Roundtable” discussion. The implication’s of South Africa’s decision to take Israel to th...
tralac Private Sector Roundtable – Cape Town
12 Feb 24 EventOn 6 February, tralac and Exporters Western Cape, along with over 120 members of the private sector, met at the Two Oceans Aquarium for a private sector roundtable discussion. The ...
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23 Jan 24 NewsSustaining growth for South Africa’s vibrant fintech industry (Daily Maverick)
Fintech enterprises frequently leverage cutting-edge technologies like artificial intelligence, bl...
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18 Jan 24 NewsIMF Executive Board Concludes 2023 Article IV Consultation, Sixth Reviews of the Extended Arrangements Under the EFF and ECF Arrangements, and First Review Under the Resilience and...
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11 Jan 24 NewsSouth Africa’s trade balance is thinning and in need of urgent resolve (The Mail & Guardian)
A review of South Africa’s trade data for the period 2018 to 2022 revealed tha...
Africa’s Trade Liberalisation and Intra-Africa Trade Performance: 10-year Review
18 Dec 23 PublicationsThis Trade Report presents an update on the state of trade liberalisation and intra-Africa trade. It highlights the state of trade liberalisation in Africa, focusing on intra-Afric...
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13 Dec 23 NewsBotswana: Budget in Q1 surplus but FY deficit still looms (Mmegi Online)
The national budget recorded a P5.2 billion surplus in the first quarter of the financial year, a performa...
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16 Oct 23 NewsPresident: South Africa derives great benefit from BRICS membership (SAnews)
“Rest assured, BRICS is a great benefit to our country and it’s an association that we are very pr...
Value chains and industrialisation: what is the status of the AfCFTA RoO?
11 Oct 23 PublicationsRules of Origin (RoO) are the legal provisions and related criteria that are used to establish the nationality of traded goods. RoO that are used in non-preferential trade serve va...
ECOWAS Legal texts and policy documents
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28 Sep 23 NewsDip in exports out east raises red flags for SA (Freight News)
The importance of China in South African trade cannot be overstated, considering the country’s economic well-being...