Tag: Trade governance
Could there be a Trade war between China and the United States?
25 Aug 17 DiscussionGerhard Erasmus, tralac Associate, discusses the possibility of a China-US trade war and what this would mean for African governments
There have been several recent media reports ...
Communiqué of the 37th Summit of SADC of Heads of State and Government
21 Aug 17 NewsOR Tambo Building, Department of International Relations and Cooperation (DIRCO) Pretoria, South Africa, 19th – 20th August 2017
The 37th Ordinary Summit of the Heads of Sta...
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18 Aug 17 Newstralac’s weekly e-Newsletter: Are African trade arrangements rediscovering trade remedies?
UNCTAD’s expert meeting on trade, services and development (18-20 July, Geneva): exp...
New customs proposals laid out by the UK Government in new paper on future relationship with the EU
17 Aug 17 NewsThe first of a series of papers on the UK’s future partnership with the EU
A new paper setting out proposals for a future customs relationship with the EU has been unveiled...
SADC Ministers meet ahead of Summit
15 Aug 17 NewsRegional integration, trade as well as peace and security are among the issues that are expected to be high on the agenda as a group of Ministers belonging to SADC meet in Pretoria...
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08 Aug 17 NewsThe AGOA Forum 2017 begins today: the programme.
Profiled AGOA Forum tweet, by SACU’s ES, Paulina Elago: Attending the African Trade Ministers’ preparatory meeting ahead of th...
Truth is the safest lie: A reassessment of development economics
08 Aug 17 NewsMost African politicians have, on average, been bad leaders. But the failure of economic development is primarily due to the pervasiveness of bad ideas, which translate into bad ad...
Secretary-General highlights challenges posed by trade fragmentation
28 Jul 17 NewsTrade governance structures must be “fit for purpose” to address the changing global landscape and benefit Commonwealth member countries, Secretary-General Patricia Scotland ha...
Members issue joint call for safeguarding the WTO-based global trading system
27 Jul 17 NewsAzevêdo reports on status of negotiations; stresses continued importance of transparency
In a gathering of all WTO members on 25 July, Director-General Roberto Azevêdo called fo...
SACU and Namibia – The future
24 Jul 17 NewsRemarks by Ms. Paulina M. Elago, Executive Secretary of SACU, on the occasion of the 38th Public Dialogue on “SACU and Namibia – the future”, held on 13 July 2017 in Windhoek...
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20 Jul 17 NewsFeatured tweet, @AUTradeIndustry: The 9th Meeting of the CFTA Continental Task Force commenced to review Technical Documents for the 3rd CFTA Technical Working Groups
Featured new...
Assessing Africa’s policies and institutions: 2016 CPIA results for Africa
20 Jul 17 NewsThe latest Country Policy and Institutional Assessment (CPIA) Africa results show that policy and institutional quality weakened in Sub-Saharan Africa in 2016 amid a difficult glob...
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18 Jul 17 NewsFrom last week’s Kenya National Trade Week: the six trade policy documents
(i) The National Trade Policy: Transforming Kenya into a competitive export-led and efficient domestic...
Coordinating public and private action for export manufacturing: issues for Rwanda
18 Jul 17 NewsOne of the keys to economic transformation across Africa today is a greater role for employment-intensive, export-oriented manufacturing.
After taking due account of differences i...
WCO welcomes 2017 G20’s recognition of its work on Illicit Financial Flows
18 Jul 17 NewsThe G20 leaders recognize the work of the World Customs Organization (WCO) in combatting Illicit Financial Flows (IFFs) in documents agreed following the 2017 G20 Hamburg Summit. T...
Kenya National Trade Policy: Transforming Kenya into a competitive export-led and efficient domestic economy
18 Jul 17 NewsPreface by the Cabinet Secretary
The National Trade Policy is being launched* at a time when the global trade landscape is facing emerging challenges. Over 70 percent of global tr...
IMF Executive Board 2017 Article IV Consultation with Rwanda
14 Jul 17 NewsOn July 12, 2017, the Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) concluded the 2017 Article IV consultation with Rwanda and completed the seventh review of Rwand...
Foreign Direct Investment policy and governance in the Southern African Development Community
13 Jul 17 PublicationsThe Southern African Development Community (SADC) was established to achieve, among other objectives, development and economic growth and poverty alleviation through regional integ...
Kenya launches National Trade Policy
11 Jul 17 NewsThe Government of Kenya, through the Ministry of Industry, Trade and Cooperatives, on Monday launched the National Trade Policy.
The launch of the National Trade Policy took ...
Trump’s US still lacks an Africa policy – but that might be about to change
06 Jul 17 NewsWhen Donald Trump looks at Africa, what does he see?
When Donald Trump was elected, almost no one in the US was thinking about Africa. People knew the swingeing State Department a...