Tag: Standards

East African Community (EAC) partner states are being urged to expedite harmonisation of standards for the prioritised 20 most traded goods such as edible fats and oils so as to bo...

The WTO Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade will conduct its twenty-second Annual Review of the implementation and operation of the WTO Agreement on Technical Barriers to Trad...

Nearly 20 leading global banks and investors, totaling $6.6 trillion in assets, launched the Principles for Positive Impact Finance on 30 January 2017 – a first of its kind set o...

The African Organisation for Standards (Arso) is urging its members to set up more testing facilities to help certify products, as it moves to harmonise standards on the continent....

Keynote address on SMEs and food trade Opportunities for building regional markets through use of Codex Standards African SMEs face a number of challenges. Among these are the di...

Trade is inextricably linked to the threat of climate change, one of the most urgent issues facing sustainable development. While growth in trade-related activities can contribute ...

The development of rules-based governance for regional trade and integration in Africa has become an important focus area for tralac. Trade agreements, accompanied by the necessary...

The Southern African Development Community (SADC) comprises 15 countries with the common objective of regional integration. Member countries have been successful in reducing tariff...

Trade and standards are key for meeting the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (UN SDGs), said Cecile Fruman, World Bank Group Director, Trade and Competitiveness Global ...

Note prepared by the WTO Secretariat for the Formal Meeting of the Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures, 30 June to 1 July 2016 The Standards and Trade Developmen...

The 2015 annual report gives an overview of STDF’s results delivered against the agreed targets and indicators of the STDF Work Plan (2015-2016), based on the STDF’s Mediu...

WTO members raised the 500th specific trade concern at a meeting of the Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade on 8-10 March 2016, marking a milestone in their discussions about ...

The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) and the World Bank Group announced on 10 March 2016 the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (...

Note by the Secretariat prepared for the Formal Meeting of the World Trade Organisation Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary (SPS) Measures, 16-17 March 2016. OVERVIEW The Sta...

This document contains information provided by SADC at the Technical Barriers to Trade (TBT) Committee meeting of 4-6 November 2015 under Agenda Item 4 (Update by Observers). Elim...

In a new tralac Trade Brief, Abrie du Plessis discusses CBCA/PVoC programmes in the SADC region within a GATT, WTO and SADC context The significant increase in imported consumer g...

The significant increase in imported consumer goods into SADC countries over the last decade has caused several SADC Governments to implement or to consider implementing Consignmen...

Opening remarks of the ARSO President at the 52nd ARSO Council Meeting, 10-11 August 2015, African Union Commission, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia under the theme “The rol...

The East African Community (EAC) Secretariat is set to introduce 5,000 new standards to ease the movement of goods and services.  Some of the new standards include seeds stan...

The Zambian Government says there is need for stakeholders to acknowledge the role that harmonisation standards play in the socio-economic development of any country. Ministry...