Tag: Standards
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25 Jul 17 NewsAU members should honour financial contributions: Namibia’s PM (New Era)
Prime Minister Saara Kuugongelwa-Amadhila has called on all member states of the AU to honour their asse...
Countries urged to reap benefits of food trade by engaging in standards setting
13 Jul 17 NewsFAO and WTO facilitate developing nations’ participation in fast-moving $1.7 trillion global food trade
Participation in the development of international food standards for trad...
EAC states urged to harmonise standards for most traded goods
28 Mar 17 NewsEast 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...
Twenty-second Annual Review of the implementation and operation of the WTO TBT Agreement
16 Mar 17 NewsThe 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...
Financial institutions worth $6.6 trillion set standards for financing sustainable development
01 Feb 17 NewsNearly 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...
Set up more testing facilities: Continental standards body urges members
25 Jan 17 NewsThe 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....
FAO/WHO Coordinating Committee for Africa, Food Standards Programme meets
16 Jan 17 NewsKeynote 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 and the environment
04 Jan 17 ThemesTrade 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 ...
Trade law and regulation
04 Jan 17 ThemesThe 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...
Sand in the wheels: Non-tariff measures and regional integration in SADC
13 Sep 16 NewsThe Southern African Development Community (SADC) comprises 15 countries with the common objective of regional integration. Member countries have been successful in reducing tariff...
ISO standards help meet SDGs, says World Bank Group expert
13 Sep 16 NewsTrade 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 ...
Update on the operation of the Standards and Trade Development Facility (STDF)
20 Jun 16 NewsNote 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...
Standards and Trade Development Facility Annual Report 2015: Enhancing SPS capacity, delivering results
20 Jun 16 NewsThe 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...
DG Azevêdo praises work of standards committee on reaching 500th trade concern
29 Mar 16 NewsWTO 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 ...
World Bank Group and ISO partnership highlights how countries benefit from international standards: Open trade, access to markets and innovation
11 Mar 16 NewsThe International Organization for Standardization (ISO) and the World Bank Group announced on 10 March 2016 the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (...
WTO Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures: Update on the Standards and Trade Development Facility
10 Mar 16 NewsNote by the Secretariat prepared for the Formal Meeting of the World Trade Organisation Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary (SPS) Measures, 16-17 March 2016.
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Report on the SADC Standardization, Quality Assurance, Accreditation and Metrology (SQAM) Programme
02 Feb 16 NewsThis 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...
Consignment Based Conformity Assessment and Pre-Export Verification of Conformity to Standards programmes in SADC countries
28 Oct 15 DiscussionIn 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...
Consignment Based Conformity Assessment (CBCA) and Pre-Export Verification of Conformity to Standards (PVoC) programmes in SADC countries
28 Oct 15 PublicationsThe 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...
The role of Standards in promoting sustainable Agriculture and food security in Africa: Opening remarks of the ARSO President
13 Aug 15 NewsOpening 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...