Tag: Trade and development

Stimulating sustainable wood in Green Construction in Kenya for low carbon climate resilient development (UNDP) The forest sector plays a key role in socioeconomic development of ...

Critical infrastructure failure the biggest business risk in South Africa this year (Engineering News) Critical infrastructure blackouts have emerged as the number one risk for bu...

Economy moves ‘sideways’ with marginal 0.2% contraction in GDP (Engineering News) Statistics South Africa (Stats SA) has reported a marginal 0.2% contraction in gross domestic...

Despite no consensus on global plastics instrument, South Africa is making progress (Engineering News) While the third meeting of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee (INC)...

IMF Executive Board Concludes 2023 Article IV Consultation with Kingdom of Lesotho Lesotho’s economy continues to face a number of challenges in the wake of the pandemic. Climat...

R4.5 Billion Investment Represents a Change in Minerals Beneficiation (Department of Trade, Industry and Competition) The Deputy Minister of Trade, Industry and Competition, ...

Local news SA’s dynamic political, economic and investment climate (SAnews) President Cyril Ramaphosa has emphasised the significant opportunity for private capital to invest i...

Local Fitch maintains SA’s sub-investment rating, stable outlook (Engineering News) Ratings agency Fitch has maintained its stable outlook for South Africa, and affirmed the co...

Director-General Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala called today (14 June) on members to go the extra mile to find convergence on the various issues at stake at the 12th Ministerial Conference (M...

WTO members secure unprecedented package of trade outcomes at MC12 WTO members successfully concluded the 12th Ministerial Conference (MC12), co-hosted by Kazakhstan, in Geneva on...

The outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the limitations in the WTO rules on export restrictions. Consequently, the food importing countries such as Japan, Singapore, ...

National SA’s divided food system saw producers, consumers lose out in lockdown – study (Eyewitness News) New research shows how food producers and consumers lost out under t...

Country focus SA must embrace innovation to rebuild economy: President Ramaphosa (SAnews) With the COVID-19 pandemic having battered the South African fiscus in 2020, President C...

Even under the immense challenges posed by the COVID-19 pandemic on the African continent, great opportunities exist for the expansion of trade through trade and development financ...

tralac is closely monitoring trade-related policy measures and responses to the COVID-19 pandemic adopted and implemented by African countries and beyond. Below is a selection of u...

National news Corruption an ‘added burden’ in fight against Covid-19, says Mkhize (The Citizen) Health Minister Zweli Mkhize has decried how corruption, particularly in prici...

UNCTAD15, the UN trade and development body's fifteenth quadriennial conference, will take place under the theme “From inequality and vulnerability to prosperity for all” as th...

The first round of talks for the proposed Kenya-USA FTA will take place from 9-17 July. Multi-video: CS Maina unveils negotiation guide Proposed Kenya-United States FTA Agreement:...

Going beyond talking to breaking ground, President Cyril Ramaphosa has spelt out how government will foster infrastructure development, while creating much-needed jobs to boost the...

Happening tomorrow: The SADC Council of Ministers meets. They will review the regional guidelines for the harmonisation and facilitation of movement of critical goods and serv...