Tag: Standards - tralac trade law centre

DDG Wolff highlights role of WTO in facilitating agri-food chains

14 May 19 News

The World Trade Organisation (WTO’s) rules-based framework benefits farmers and other participants in nascent and developing agri-food value chains by facilitating their daily op...

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14 Mar 19 News

The GTR AFRICA 2019 conference starts today in Cape Town. Twitter updates: #GTRAFRICA The WTO’s 2019 Public Forum theme has been announced: Trading forward – adapting to a cha...

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11 Mar 19 News

Diarise: The 14th CII-EXIM Bank Conclave on India-Africa Project Partnerships (17-19 March, New Delhi). The programme can be viewed here. The African Day of Standardisati...

tralac’s Daily News Selection: AU Summit review

12 Feb 19 News

A guide to the AU Summit: Outcomes, commentaries, side-events, country postings South Africa deposited its AfCFTA instrument of ratification, as did Mauritania and Republic o...

International push to improve food safety

12 Feb 19 News

International Food Safety Conference opens with call for greater global cooperation Greater international cooperation is needed to prevent unsafe food from causing ill health and ...

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29 Jan 19 News

Diarise: Joint SADC-EU Council meeting (19 February, Cape Town) An update on the 2019 Conference of African Ministers of Finance, Planning & Economic Development (20-26 March,...

African policymakers must pay more attention to counterfeit drugs

29 Jan 19 News

A new study shows that poor and vulnerable populations, especially in Africa, suffer the most. Substandard and fake medicines pose a significant threat to Africa. These products c...

AEC2018: Africa’s private sector can be major driver for regional integration

06 Dec 18 News

Africa’s growing and vibrant private sector can be a major driver of the regional integration across the continent, according to leading experts at the ongoing 2018 African Econo...

Cut flower sector wilting under new rules, competition

20 Nov 18 News

Hopes by Kenya’s flower growers to exploit the lucrative United States market and stop dependence on the European market will not bear much fruit despite the recent launch of dir...

WTO members adopt roadmap for reducing technical barriers to trade

19 Nov 18 News

WTO members achieved a breakthrough at a 14-15 November meeting of the Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade (TBT) by agreeing on a list of recommendations that aim at reducing ...

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10 Oct 18 News

Selected African trade events now underway: NTM Week 2018 (9-11 October, Geneva: Shaping sustainable trade amid protectionism 2nd Africa-Turkey Economic and Business Forum (10-11...

Aviation drives economic prosperity for Mauritius

19 Sep 18 News

The International Air Transport Association (IATA) called on the government of Mauritius to continue to focus on aviation as a strategic enabler of the country’s economic and soc...

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22 Aug 18 News

German minister pushes for free trade deal ahead of Africa trip (DW) Germany’s development minister Gerd Müller is promoting a “customs-free trade deal in Africa” ahead of ...

Identifying the role of civil society in the SADC EPA

21 Aug 18 Blog

The demand for civil society participation in the negotiation and implementation of trade agreements has recently intensified following the growing and progressive mainstreaming of...

One-stop border post will boost trading

21 Aug 18 News

Southern African trader is cautiously optimistic about a free trade area As the marketing executive of Dairibord Zimbabwe, a stock exchange-listed exporter of food and beverages i...

Kenyan manufacturers seek COMESA’s support to stop counterfeits

16 Aug 18 News

The Kenya Association of Manufacturers (KAM) has urged COMESA to consider establishing a institution to deal with counterfeits and dumping in the regional market. At a meeting bet...

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30 Jul 18 News

Profiled African REC, trade and development events starting today: In Lomé: Joint ECOWAS, ECCAS Summit of Heads of State and Government In Kigali: African Tax Aut...

WCO publishes global standards on e-commerce

11 Jul 18 News

The WCO has published the Framework of Standards on Cross-Border E-Commerce as adopted at the end of June 2018 by the Council, the Organization’s highest deci...

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29 Jun 18 News

A reminder that the SACU Heads of State Summit took place today in Gaborone. SA’s President Ramaphosa will be accompanied by the Minister of Trade and Industry, Dr Rob Davies, an...

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25 Jun 18 News

Underway, in Dar es Salaam: Workshop on establishing a National Trade Facilitation Roadmap in Tanzania (25-29 June) Underway, in Victoria Falls: NEPAD Agency, PIDA_Africa strategi...