Tag: Trade in services
More household spending plus increased investments in natural resources and infrastructure mean higher growth for Africa
09 Apr 14 NewsFor the past 19 years Sub-Saharan Africa has continued to make impressive strides in sustaining economic growth. After five years of prolonged weakness in the global economy, ...
Governments urged to direct resources in manufacturing to create jobs and reduce poverty
28 Mar 14 NewsAfrican countries need to channel their resources to activities in industry, manufacturing and modern services in order to create more employment and improve the welfare of vulnera...
Negotiations on movement of business persons in the COMESA-EAC-SADC Tripartite region
20 Feb 14 PublicationsThe Communiqué of the first COMESA-EAC-SADC Tripartite Summit of Heads of State and Government held in October 2008 provides, in the area of trade, customs and economic integratio...
Policy Brief: Southern Africa Customs Union – Getting ready for services negotiations
03 Aug 11 Publicationstralac has worked with Trade and Industrial Policy Strategies (TIPS) on Trade in Services matters in the Southern African Customs Union (SACU). Although the 2002 SACU Agreement doe...
Managing the process of services liberalisation
22 Jun 11 PublicationsTransparent laws and regulations can play an important part in the investment decisions of foreign investors. For traders and investors transparency increases predictability, legal...
Services negotiations under the Tripartite Agreement: Issues to consider
15 Jun 11 PublicationsThe Tripartite Free Trade Area (FTA) is envisaged not only to cover trade in goods, but also trade in services. It is, however, expected that the services negotiations at the tripa...
Is the liberalisation of trade in services in the East African Community compliant with WTO law?
20 Apr 11 PublicationsAll the member states of the East African Community (EAC) are also members of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) and are obliged to adhere to its rules on regional integration. The...
tralac prepares for the Soccer World Cup
08 Jun 10 EventAs tralac contemplates trade-related issues associated with the first Soccer World Cup on African soil, we realise that a services agenda for African countries focuses al...
South Africa’s way ahead: Shall we Samba?
14 Apr 10 PublicationsThe timing of the third book in tralac’s ‘South Africa’s way ahead’ series exploring trade policy options fits perfectly with the recent interest in examining both South Af...
tralac Trade in Services Workshop – Rwanda, 9-12 December 2008
19 Dec 08 Eventtralac presented a workshop in Gisenyi, Rwanda from 9 to 12 December 2008. The first part of the workshop gave participants an introduction to the role of law and institutions...
SADC Workshop on Trade in Services and Investment in the EPA Negotiations, 20-22 February 2008
05 Mar 08 EventThe European Commission (EC) and tralac organised a Southern African Development Community (SADC)/EC Workshop on Trade in Services and Investment in the Economic Partnership Agreem...
Services Training Workshop, 22-23 August 2007
24 Aug 07 Eventtralac hosted a two day workshop on Trade in Services in Cape Town, South Africa from 22-23 August 2007. Patrick Low, Head: Economic Research and Statistics, from the World Tr...