Tag: Trade and development
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05 Dec 23 NewsEconomy 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...
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30 Nov 23 NewsDespite no consensus on global plastics instrument, South Africa is making progress (Engineering News)
While the third meeting of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee (INC)...
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20 Jul 23 NewsIMF 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...
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21 Jun 23 NewsR4.5 Billion Investment Represents a Change in Minerals Beneficiation (Department of Trade, Industry and Competition)
The Deputy Minister of Trade, Industry and Competition, ...
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20 Oct 22 NewsLocal news
SA’s dynamic political, economic and investment climate (SAnews)
President Cyril Ramaphosa has emphasised the significant opportunity for private capital to invest i...
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08 Jul 22 NewsLocal
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...
DG Okonjo-Iweala: Time is running out to reach credible outcomes at MC12
16 Jun 22 NewsDirector-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...
Twelfth WTO Ministerial Conference – Geneva: Resource page
13 Jun 22 NewsWTO 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...
Prospects and Developments in the WTO talks on Export Restrictions
16 Nov 21 BlogThe 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, ...
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29 Oct 21 NewsNational
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...
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19 Jan 21 NewsCountry 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...
Trade and development finance in Africa in the shadow of COVID-19
21 Dec 20 PublicationsEven 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...
COVID-19: Trade-related news, analysis and resources
02 Nov 20 Newstralac 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...
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22 Sep 20 NewsNational 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...
Nations to meet in Barbados to chart new path for post-coronavirus economic recovery
05 Aug 20 NewsUNCTAD15, 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...
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25 Jun 20 NewsThe 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:...
Breaking ground for economic growth
23 Jun 20 NewsGoing 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...
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28 May 20 NewsHappening 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...
COVID-19 heightens need for pharmaceutical production in poor countries
27 May 20 NewsUNCTAD and the WHO have teamed up to respond to the urgent call to boost local production of essential medicines in developing countries.
With more than 100 projects to develop a ...
AUC, Afreximbank, Afrochampions and UNECA Joint Communiqué on the Need for A Holistic and Coordinated Trade and Investment Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic
18 Apr 20 NewsThe 2020 COVID-19 pandemic is a global crisis that is both unprecedented and with many ramifications. The Pandemic poses significant health and social risks to the entire globe. In...