Tag: SADC
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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...
Exports from the Southern African Development Community to the European Union by mode of transportation: implications of Brexit
11 Oct 18 PublicationsThe 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 NewsFeatured 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 PublicationsThe 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 NewsThe 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...
The economic and social effects of the Economic Partnership Agreements on selected African countries
02 Oct 18 NewsThe 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...
SADC urged to accelerate implementation of a single air transport market
02 Oct 18 NewsThe 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...
Investment dispute resolution under the Amended Annex 1 of the SADC FIP
01 Oct 18 BlogEffective dispute resolution is important for foreign investors. It guarantees legal certainty and predictability in markets and provides remedies when rights are violated. The res...
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20 Sep 18 NewsWomen and African trade:
A set of postings, complementing tralac’s recent newsletter on the same theme
i) Why do gender issues matter in trade relations? How do trade policies...
WTO members review Seychelles’ accession to the SADC Trade Protocol
20 Sep 18 NewsWorld Trade Organisation members reviewed Seychelles’ accession to the Southern African Development Community (SADC) trade protocol at the 18 September 2018 meeting of the Commit...
European Union discussion paper on investment in South Africa
19 Sep 18 NewsThe EU, as South Africa’s biggest investment partner, welcomes President Ramaphosa’s strong commitment to building a new social compact around investment. This discus...