Tag: Trade and development
Lower trade barriers, stronger global trading system can help end extreme poverty
30 Jun 15 NewsA greater and more sustained effort to deepen the integration of developing countries into the global trading system through lower trade costs and fewer barriers between countries ...
Senegal’s middle-income drive taps experience of peers
03 Feb 15 NewsLow-income economies aspiring to make a decisive stride toward middle-income status may learn a lot from the experience of peer countries that have made the move, brainstorming par...
Azevêdo highlights trade role in realizing Africa’s “sheer potential”
03 Oct 14 NewsDirector-General Roberto Azevêdo, opening the WTO Public Forum’s second plenary session “Why Trade Matters to Africa” on 2 October, said that trade has an important role in ...
A BRICS book to be launched
29 Aug 14 NewsPartnership for Development, Integration and Industrialisation
The Department of International Relations and Cooperation will jointly host an event with the Embassy of the People...
SADC pins growth on South Africa
19 Aug 14 NewsSouth Africa should take advantage of its comparative industrial advantage to lead other regional countries in building their manufacturing base to ensure collective socio-economic...
Presidential Memorandum – Establishing a Comprehensive Approach to Expanding Sub-Saharan Africa’s Capacity for Trade and Investment
05 Aug 14 NewsIn June 2012, I released the US Strategy Toward Sub-Saharan Africa, outlining a comprehensive US policy for the region.
The Strategy builds on many of the initiatives launched dur...
China, Africa devoted to deepening cooperation
09 May 14 NewsChinese Premier Li Keqiang’s ongoing four-nation Africa tour, which started Sunday, is widely expected to deepen cooperation between the Asian giant and the promising c...
SA must integrate with global economic system, says Gordhan
17 Apr 14 NewsSouth Africa is not an island, Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan said on Wednesday, and economic growth and development depends on the extent to which the country is integrated with ...
tralac at the Bali Trade and Development Symposium, 5 December 2013
12 Dec 13 Eventtralac was invited to participate in the Bali Trade and Development Symposium (TDS) organised by the International Centre for Trade and Sustainable Development (ICTSD) and the Cent...
Shift from traditional approach to integration to ‘developmental regionalism’, report urges
12 Jul 13 NewsThe Economic Development in Africa Report 2013, subtitled “Intra-African Trade: Unlocking Private Sector Dynamism”, says that efforts to date to spur jointly reinforcing e...
tralac Alumni Roundtable 2011
06 Jul 11 EventIn 2006, tralac launched a postgraduate programme to build trade law and policy capacity, particularly in African governments. The programme is presented in collaboration with the ...
Potsdam Spring Dialogues 2009
17 Jun 09 EventOn 27 and 28 March 2009, the Development and Peace Foundation (SEF), the Development Policy Forum of in Went – Capacity Building International, the Renner Institute (RI) and the ...
tralac Annual Conference 2007
16 Oct 07 Eventtralac not only hosted its 5th Annual Conference but also celebrated 5 years of developing and building trade capacity in the region. Our flagship event was hosted at the BMW pavil...
tralac Annual Conference 2006
20 Oct 06 Eventtralac’s 2006 Annual Conference, held at the President Hotel in Cape Town on 5 and 6 October, focused on Economic Partnership Agreements.
A special relationship has long existed...
Competition Provisions in Regional Trade Agreements Workshop, 4 October 2006
12 Oct 06 EventOn 4 October 2006, tralac, along with the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) and the Canadian International Development Research Centre (IDRC), jointl...
Workshop on Aid for Trade and the Doha Agenda: Implications for Southern Africa, 23-24 August 2006
25 Aug 06 EventOn 23 to 24 August 2006, the South African National Treasury, the Commonwealth Secretariat (Comsec) and the South African Institute of International Affairs (SAIIA) organized a wor...