Tag: Trade Data
Africa’s clothing trade – trading less amongst ourselves than with other partners?
25 Jun 14 PublicationsMuch of the focus for African industrialisation must be on the clothing sector, as this is the classic low-tech and low-wage sector for an industrial base to assist an economy with...
IMF worries that Chinese slowdown could damage sub-Saharan economies
28 Apr 14 NewsAfrica’s rising economic star is in danger of burning out from even a modest contraction in China’s economy as that country’s demand for natural resources decreases, war...
Aid to developing countries rebounds in 2013 to reach an all-time high
10 Apr 14 NewsDevelopment aid rose by 6.1% in real terms in 2013 to reach the highest level ever recorded, despite continued pressure on budgets in OECD countries since the global economic ...
Assessing South Africa’s trading relationship with China
12 Dec 13 PublicationsThe Economist (2013), in its usual succinct manner, sums up the African trading position as follows: “Africa is a continent rich in minerals and oil. China has an economy th...
Africa-South Africa trade
02 Oct 13 Resourcetralac has been monitoring the trading relationship between South Africa and Africa for several years.
This Trade Brief documents the trading relationship between South Africa and...
Capacity building at tralac – Geek Week, 9-13 September 2013
18 Sep 13 EventAs an essential part of tralac’s capacity building mandate in Southern Africa, we conducted the annual trade data accessing, collation and interpretation training exercise (...
Training Programme – Principles and Use of Data in Trade Negotiations: Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, 13-16 August 2013
23 Aug 13 Eventtralac presented a short course on Principles of and Use of Data in Trade Negotiations in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, from 13th to 16th August, 2013, at the request of the Ministry of...
A brief overview of intra-African trade in east and southern Africa: Kenya, Zambia and Uganda
22 May 13 PublicationsThe historically low levels of intra-African trade have made Africa vulnerable to external economic shocks and have fostered a dependency on the rest of the world. As a result of t...
Shall we samba? – an update
23 Jan 13 PublicationsThe world’s economic and trading environments have changed since the 2010 publication of tralac’s South Africa’s way ahead: Shall we samba? In this update to that p...
tralac and DTI trade data analysis session, 6-10 December 2010
15 Dec 10 EventDuring the week of 6 to 10 December 2010, tralac and the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) conducted a trade data analysis session focusing on preparing market access offers w...
External Resources
01 Sep 10 ResourceNinth Annual Conference on Global Trade Analysis (GTAP), 15-17 June 2006
17 Jun 06 EventAs the euphoria of trade liberalisation is being replaced by hard and realistic analysis, a worrying feature is that the gains from comprehensive liberalisation are being reduced. ...