Tag: Trade in services
Trade in Services in the AfCFTA: Factsheet
07 Nov 23 InfographicsServices trade has the potential to be a major driver for economic growth and development, job creation, productivity and competitiveness, and deepening integration across Africa. ...
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20 Aug 23 NewsSouth Africa foreign policy in a tangle (CAJ News Africa)
This year will go down the annals of history as one in which the southern African nation faced the greatest dilemma in ju...
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26 Apr 23 NewsNational Development Agency signs Development Cooperation Agreement with German Cooperative Raiffeisen Confederation (South African Government)
South Africa is the latest Southern...
A Closer look at Trade in Environmental Services as SADC Prepares for Negotiations
05 Apr 23 BlogThe global drive towards reducing greenhouse gas emissions, the increased availability of green finance, and the associated ambitions of firms and governments to improve their envi...
With the SACU tariff offer in the bag, what happens next to AfCFTA trade?
08 Mar 23 BlogIt has been reported that the five member states of the Southern African Customs Union (SACU) have recently submitted their joint AfCFTA offer of tariff concessions, and that it me...
Women in Sub-Saharan Africa’s Services Trade: An Overview of Participation and Business Ownership
31 Jan 23 BlogServices trade in Sub-Saharan Africa plays a significant role in the region’s economy, yet the participation of women in this sector is limited. Despite comprising 50.2% of the t...
Anticipation of Trade in Services Under AfCFTA – Malawi’s Determination of Schedule of Commitments Under the Protocol on Trade in Services
22 Dec 22 BlogMalawi ratified the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) on 15 January 2021 and has been participating in the negotiations of trade in services liberalisation under the Pro...
Women in Services Trade: An overview of female participation and ownership in Sub-Saharan Africa for 2022
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Trade is an integral part of the engine of economic growth. Services trade has the potential to form an increasingly important role in trade within Africa and...
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Perseverance and Resilience Will Help SA Companies Break into French Market – SA Ambassador Seokolo (the dtic)
The South African Ambassador to France, Mr Tebogo Seok...
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...
Entry into force of the SADC Protocol on Trade in Services: What Does it Mean for Road Transport in the region?
31 May 22 PublicationsThe road transport landscape in Southern African Development Community (SADC) is shaped by a combination of the SADC Protocol on Transport, Communications and Meteorology (SADC PTC...
Trade in Services Negotiations Update
11 Apr 22 BlogThe Decisions, Declarations, Resolution and Motions adopted at the Thirty-Fifth Ordinary Session of the African Union (AU) Assembly took place in Addis Ababa on 5-6 February 2022. ...
Does the AfCFTA Protocol on Trade in Services allow for Flexibilities?
07 Mar 22 BlogThis question is being asked in the context of national preparations for the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) trade in services negotiations. In principle, all African ...
tralac Webinar: The SADC Protocol on Trade in Services is in force
24 Feb 22 Event
The SADC Protocol on Trade in Services is in force
Implications for services trade and services suppliers
This webinar took a look at the entry into force of the Southern ...
The SADC Protocol on Trade in Services enters into force – what is in it for services trade and for services suppliers?
15 Feb 22 PublicationsThe Member States of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) agreed to liberalise trade in the service sectors in efforts to enhance regional integration and the creation...
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Trade Statistics for December 2021 (South African Revenue Service)
SARS has released trade statistics for December 2021 recording a preliminary trade ba...
Realising the One African Services Market through the AfCFTA
31 May 21 PublicationsStart of trade under the preferential terms of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) was announced on 1 January 2021, whilst negotiations to finalise outstanding issues ...
Services Trade Restrictiveness and Services Trade: Making Sense of Inter-Decade Movements
28 May 21 PublicationsThis paper investigates movements in services trade restrictions and their impacts on services trade over an eight-year period (2008-2016). It utilises the latest, most globally in...
The Relationship between Investment and Mode Three of Trade in Services – implications for the AfCFTA negotiations
23 Mar 21 BlogThe market for investors is an increasingly competitive one. Investors are better informed about conditions in host countries. Companies seeking to expand their global presence wil...
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State ponders issuing SI over AfCFTA trading (Daily Mail Zambia)
Government will soon issue a statutory instrument (SI) under the Customs and Excise Act to pav...