Tag: Trade in services

Services trade has the potential to be a major driver for economic growth and development, job creation, productivity and competitiveness, and deepening integration across Africa. ...

South 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...

National Development Agency signs Development Cooperation Agreement with German Cooperative Raiffeisen Confederation (South African Government) South Africa is the latest Southern...

The 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...

It 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...

Services 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...

Malawi 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...

DOWNLOAD PUBLICATION 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...

Local news 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...

WTO 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...

The 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...

The 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. ...

This 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 ...

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 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...

Country-related news Trade Statistics for December 2021 (South African Revenue Service) SARS has released trade statistics for December 2021 recording a preliminary trade ba...

Start 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 ...

This 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 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...

Country focus 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...