Tag: Trade regulation

The conflict in Ukraine has caused a global economic and humanitarian catastrophe. The global catastrophe encompasses human suffering, loss of lives, global food price increases, f...

Introduction The conflict in Ukraine has caused a global economic and humanitarian catastrophe that ranges from human suffering, loss of lives, global food price increases, food s...

South African producers and exporters of lemon juice (and no doubt exporters of citrus fruit) received an unwelcome surprise early January 2022 that a California-based company prod...

During 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 ...

Domestic news AfCFTA not quite the SMME trade silver bullet SA hoped (Daily Maverick) A draft ANC policy document, which was among several discussed at the ANC’s national ...

The Decisions, Declarations, Resolution and Motions adopted at the Thirty-Fifth Ordinary Session of the African Union (AU) Assembly, which took place in Addis Ababa on 5-6 February...

Preferential trade in goods under the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) will only become possible once schedules of tariff concessions have been agreed and have entered ...

Local news South Africa takes massive digital leap forward, says Ramaphosa (Engineering News) Last week, government concluded the auction of high-demand spectrum for mobile telec...

Local news 4th SA Investment Conference 2022 (Mail & Guardian) In an effort to boost economic growth and facilitate the creation of more employment opportunities, President C...

On December 30, 2021, the United States International Trade Commission (USITC or I.T.C.) received a request from Ventura Coastal LLC, an American firm, to undertake an investigatio...

This infographic takes a look at the trade costs associated with non-tariff barriers to trade in Africa, i.e., all costs associated with the trading of goods bilaterally between tr...

Country-related news Presidential Climate Change Commission discusses risks of net-zero carbon emissions for South Africa (The Mail & Guardian) The Presidential Climate Chang...

Part 4 of the AfCFTA Protocol on Trade in Goods contains several provisions on trade remedies and safeguards. Article 17 states that the State Parties may apply anti-dumping and co...

Very 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, ...

Since 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 ...

The aim of the International Trade Administration Commission of South Africa (ITAC), as mandated by the International Trade Administration Act, 2002 (the ITA Act), is to foster eco...

When the leaders of the SADC member states decided in 2012 to scupper the SADC Tribunal instead of standing up to the instigator, Zimbabwe, they might not have foreseen the institu...

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...

The new edition of the Harmonised Commodity Description and Coding System 2022 (HS2022) entered into force on the 1st of January 2022. This development means that Customs tariffs, ...

Country-related news Green energy transition will help South Africa become more resilient, competitive (Engineering News) South Africa needs more power generation to overcome the...