Tag: SADC
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25 Feb 19 NewsAfrican trade events to diarise:
South Africa’s Portfolio Committee on Trade and Industry will, on Wednesday, be briefed by the Department of Trade and Industry on ongoing n...
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20 Feb 19 NewsThe continued relevance of S&DT in favour of Developing Members to promote development and ensure inclusiveness: a communication from China, India, South Africa and Venezuela c...
EU, SADC hold their first Joint Council meeting under the Economic Partnership Agreement
20 Feb 19 NewsThe first meeting of the Joint Council under the Economic Partnership Agreement between the European Union and the Southern African Development Community (SADC) took place in Cape ...
Constitutional Court condemns South Africa’s role in demise of SADC Tribunal
15 Feb 19 BlogIn December 2018, the South African Constitutional Court ruled that the participation of the South African President in the decision to abolish the Southern African Development Com...
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04 Feb 19 NewsFeatured African trade policy tweet, from @DavidLukeTrade: This is very significant and underscores momentum behind AfCFTA. Ethiopia has always been wary of trade agreements, not i...
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28 Jan 19 NewsEvents listing, Part II
Profiled trade and development event listings: events happening outside of Africa
ITC and Commonwealth Secretariat: Women in the digital economy and inter...
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18 Jan 19 NewsToday, in Geneva: Retreat of Ambassadors of Landlocked Developing Countries
South African patent lawyer, Ms Esmé du Plessis, has been appointed to serve on the WTO panel to rule ...
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13 Dec 18 NewsIMF’s Chart of the Week: Sub-Saharan Africa’s growth is a tale of different experiences
President Trump’s new Africa strategy was unveiled today in Washington:
Remarks by A...
South Africa deposits Tripartite FTA Ratification instrument
13 Dec 18 NewsThe Republic of South Africa has deposited the instrument of Ratification of the EAC-COMESA-SADC Tripartite Free Trade Area (TFTA Agreement) bringing the number of c...
Termination of the South Africa-Zimbabwe bilateral trade agreement: What does it mean for South Africa-Zimbabwe trade?
20 Nov 18 BlogThe 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 NewsMali’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 NewsThe 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 NewsForthcoming 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 PublicationsMonitoring 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 NewsSADC 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 NewsDelivered 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 NewsOur 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 NewsDiarise:
(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...
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18 Oct 18 NewsA 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 NewsThe Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (DAFF) has issued two new notices concerning procedures for the application, administration and allocation of export quotas un...