Tag: SADC - tralac trade law centre

Termination of the South Africa-Zimbabwe bilateral trade agreement: What does it mean for South Africa-Zimbabwe trade?

20 Nov 18 Blog

The Bilateral Trade Agreement between South Africa and Zimbabwe will be terminated on 20 November 2018. The termination of the Agreement will affect certain imports from South...

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16 Nov 18 News

Mali’s parliament yesterday, 15 November, unanimously ratified the AfCFTA Agreement. @AbdoulayeDiop8: Bravo au gouvernement & a l’Assemblée nationale du Mali pour cette pr...

SADC increases the voice of private sector for regional industrialisation and integration

13 Nov 18 News

The SADC region is poised for accelerated regional integration and growth. Current efforts to ensure such development include the implementation of the SADC Industrialisa...

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09 Nov 18 News

Forthcoming African trade, infrastructure and industrialisation policy events Linked to implementing the WTO’s TFA and the AU’s AfCFTA (i) Southern Africa: Border agency...

Monitoring Regional Integration in Southern Africa Yearbook 2017/18

06 Nov 18 Publications

Monitoring Regional Integration in Southern Africa is celebrating its 15th anniversary. This edition includes a review of the developments since 2001, the year when the first editi...

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06 Nov 18 News

SADC Business Council foundational meeting: @SthrnAfrcaTrust updates Tomorrow, 7 November, at the Holiday Inn Hotel, Johannesburg Airport, @SthrnAfrcaTrust and @TheNBF will host t...

Botswana State of the Nation Address 2018

06 Nov 18 News

Delivered by Dr. Mokgweetsi E.K. Masisi, President of the Republic of Botswana, to the First Meeting of the Fifth Session of the Eleventh Parliament, 5 November 2018 Mister Speake...

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25 Oct 18 News

Our featured tweet, @AmbMuchanga: Great news. Got notification from Chief Negotiator. South Africa Parliament has approved ratification of the AfCFTA Agreement. Formal deposit to b...

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22 Oct 18 News

Diarise: (i) The East African Legislative Assembly resumed its sitting in Arusha this morning: it continues until 10 November. This week’s EAC calendar of events can be accessed...

Madagascar: Intra-Africa trade and tariff profile

21 Oct 18 Resource

This Trade Data Update provides an overview of Madagascar’s intra-African trade relationships, both within the Regional Economic Communities (RECs) and with other individual Afri...

Zambia: Intra-Africa trade and tariff profile

21 Oct 18 Resource

This Trade Data Update provides an overview of Zambia’s intra-African trade relationships, both within the Regional Economic Communities (RECs) and with other individual African ...

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18 Oct 18 News

A new tralac Trade Brief: Intra-African trade – focusing on trade within Regional Economic Communities This paper gives an overview of the trade within the eight RECs recognised...

South Africa’s agricultural trade: market access permits and export quotas for 2019

17 Oct 18 News

The Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (DAFF) has issued two new notices concerning procedures for the application, administration and allocation of export quotas un...

Exports from the Southern African Development Community to the European Union by mode of transportation: implications of Brexit

11 Oct 18 Publications

The European Union (EU) has been a long-standing trading partner of African countries. EU member countries are some of the main destination markets for African export products, esp...

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09 Oct 18 News

Featured tweet, @RencapMan: Who’s got the biggest economy in Africa in 2018? If you use the NGN325 exchange rate, it is Nigeria. If you use the market rate, South Africa has retu...

Termination of the South Africa-Zimbabwe Trade Agreement: What next?

05 Oct 18 Publications

The Government of South Africa has recently given notice of its intention to terminate the 1964 Zimbabwe-South Africa Bilateral Trade Agreement, with effect from 20 November 2018. ...

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02 Oct 18 News

The economic and social effects of the Economic Partnership Agreements on selected African countries (OFSE) The report starts with an assessment of the main provisions of the thre...

SADC urged to accelerate implementation of a single air transport market

02 Oct 18 News

The civil aviation industry in southern Africa and the rest of the continent is projected to grow exponentially once the Single African Air Transport Market (SAATM) is fully implem...

The economic and social effects of the Economic Partnership Agreements on selected African countries

02 Oct 18 News

The European Union (EU) has concluded or currently is in the process of concluding Economic Partnership Agreements (EPAs) with the group of African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) cou...

Investment dispute resolution under the Amended Annex 1 of the SADC FIP

01 Oct 18 Blog

Effective dispute resolution is important for foreign investors. It guarantees legal certainty and predictability in markets and provides remedies when rights are violated. The res...