Tag: Trade governance
tralac’s Message on Mandela Day: Good Governance and the State
17 Jul 23 BlogMandela Day serves to remind and inspire us to strive for social justice. This is the complex and multi-faceted challenge to adopt policies and strategies for addressing poverty an...
tralac Private Sector Roundtable
25 Jan 23 Event6 February 2023 | Cape Town
Featuring contributions from: Trudi Hartzenberg, Gerhard Erasmus, Michael Lawrence, Terry Gale, Eckart Naumann, John Stuart
Topics for Discussion...
Trade Governance Capacity for Implementing Safeguards
01 Jul 22 BlogThe domestic capacity of African States to implement their trade and economic integration agreements effectively and as rules-based arrangements is vital. The most obvious areas wh...
tralac Short Course: Reading and Interpreting International Trade Agreements - June 2022
10 Jun 22 EventCase study of the African Continental Free Trade Agreement (AfCFTA) – including the Protocol on Women and Youth in Trade
Trade agreements are treaties of a specific kind; they r...
Thinking about Trade Governance as Good Governance
24 May 22 BlogDuring a recent tralac workshop, we included a practical session on remedies for private parties when they encounter customs and border administration problems and when government ...
Will Trade Remedies be used as part of Trade Governance under the AfCFTA?
21 Feb 22 PublicationsVery few African States are active users of trade remedies and safeguards as part of their trade governance and trade policy implementation. Only four African countries – Egypt, ...
The AfCFTA Trade Remedy Regime can enhance rules-based Trade Governance
21 Feb 22 PublicationsSince only a small number of African States are active users of trade remedies and safeguards, the implementation of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) Agreement’s ...
Trade Remedies in the African Trade Governance Context
23 Nov 21 BlogTrade remedies and safeguards are used by governments to deal with unfair trade practices and unforeseen consequences when trade in goods is liberalised. However, they must comply ...
The AfCFTA Dispute Settlement Mechanism as part of a continental Trade Regime
05 Oct 21 BlogArticle 20 of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) Founding Agreement provides for a Dispute Settlement Mechanism as part of the overall AfCFTA design. It reads:
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The Institutions of the Dispute Settlement Mechanism of the AfCFTA
05 Oct 21 BlogThe implementation of the Dispute Settlement Mechanism of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) is governed by a dedicated Protocol, the Protocol on Rules and Procedures...
The Framework for the Implementation of the AfCFTA
30 Jul 21 PublicationsInternational trade is about commerce across the borders of sovereign States, which have jurisdiction over their own territory. Trade happens primarily through private initiative a...
Resilience in African Economies: What Governments could do and the AfCFTA could contribute
20 Jul 21 PublicationsAfreximbank recently published a paper in the Bank’s Policy Journal under the title of Building a Better Future of Work for Resilience and Growth in Post-COVID-19 Africa. It make...
Trade Facilitation and institutional arrangements under the African Continental Free Trade Agreement
03 Jul 21 BlogVarious technical committees are established by the African Continental Free Trade Agreement (AfCFTA), to assist with the implementation of its Protocols and the respective Annexes...
REC Integration Approaches and their Implications
03 Jun 21 BlogThe traditional approach to economic integration in Africa has become increasingly complex. It lacks focus and feasibility. It might be time to take a hard look at the evidence and...
Import Restrictions: Namibian Court clarifies Rights of Private Parties
28 Mar 21 PublicationsState Parties’ trade-related rights and obligations are derived from international agreements. Governments’ implementation of trade agreements involves domestic measures taken ...
The AfCFTA Secretariat: Is the Action now in Accra?
10 Feb 21 BlogThe Assembly of the African Union (AU) met virtually in Johannesburg on 5 December 2020 and adopted several important decisions about interim trade arrangements, the completion of ...
Brexit Deal concluded: Main Implications, Architecture, and Institutions
04 Jan 21 BlogOn 23 June 2016, the United Kingdom (UK) voted to leave the European Union (EU). The parties then started negotiations on a Withdrawal Agreement,[1] followed by a new trade deal. B...
Will the AfCFTA tackle Non-Tariff Barriers as a Governance Issue?
11 Dec 20 PublicationsWhen one speaks to the private sector operators (freight forwarders in particular) involved in the business of clearing goods for export to African states, their biggest complaints...
tralac Daily News
17 Nov 20 NewsNational
SA Investment Conference gets underway (SAnews)
The first leg of the two-day South Africa Investment Conference will get underway this afternoon at the Sandton Conventio...
Continental and Regional Trade Regimes Need Proper Management to Succeed
20 Oct 20 NewsThere is need for proper management of the interface between the continental and the regional free trade regimes to generate a range of win-win outcomes for various stakeholders in...