Tag: Trade regulation
Will Trade Remedies be used as part of Trade Governance under the AfCFTA?
21 Feb 22 PublicationsVery 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, ...
The AfCFTA Trade Remedy Regime can enhance rules-based Trade Governance
21 Feb 22 PublicationsSince 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 ...
2021: Review of ITAC Investigations in a Pandemic Environment
06 Feb 22 PublicationsThe 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...
What if? Another footnote to the demise of the SADC Tribunal: Henred Fruehauf Zambia Limited v Zambia Revenue Authority
01 Feb 22 BlogWhen 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...
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01 Feb 22 NewsCountry-related news
Trade Statistics for December 2021 (South African Revenue Service)
SARS has released trade statistics for December 2021 recording a preliminary trade ba...
Africa and the adoption of HS2022: Implementation update, impact and consequences in the context of AfCFTA
01 Feb 22 PublicationsThe 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, ...
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31 Jan 22 NewsCountry-related news
Green energy transition will help South Africa become more resilient, competitive (Engineering News)
South Africa needs more power generation to overcome the...
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28 Jan 22 NewsCountry-related news
South Africa: Trade Liberalization In Africa And Arbitration Clauses In Cross-border Agreements (Mondaq)
The African Continental Free Trade Area or “AfCFTA...
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27 Jan 22 NewsCountry-related news
SARS Customs scales up digital transformation (SAnews)
The South African Revenue Service (SARS) Customs division will scale up digital transformation and inc...
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25 Jan 22 NewsCountry-related news
Investments worth more than R26bn in SA’s ocean economy unveiled (Moneyweb)
A package of investments worth more than R26 billion in South Africa’s oceans...
When will the AfCFTA be customs-ready?
24 Jan 22 BlogThe negotiations to finalise the tariff schedules and rules of origin (RoO) of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) are taking place during the last two weeks of Januar...
Message in a bottle
24 Jan 22 BlogThe South African government has an ambiguous attitude towards the alcohol industry. During the Covid-19 pandemic, it has demonstrated a puritanical dislike for the sub-sector, ban...
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21 Jan 22 NewsCountry news
South Africa’s Covid-19 Response Gets a $750 Million Boost (World Bank)
The World Bank Group Board of Executive Directors today approved South Africa’s request f...
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14 Dec 21 NewsNational
Third-quarter Real Economy Bulletin shows auto, iron, platinum export weaknesses (Engineering News)
While the sharp downturn in the latest gross domestic product (GDP) d...
The Trade Remedies and Safeguards Regime of the AfCFTA
30 Nov 21 PublicationsThe African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) Agreement contains detailed provisions on trade remedies and safeguards, modelled on World Trade Organisation (WTO) principles. Sin...
Why does the AfCFTA provide for Trade Remedies?
23 Nov 21 BlogThe AfCFTA legal instruments contain detailed provisions on trade remedies and safeguards. Article 2 of Annex 9 to the AfCFTA Protocol on Trade in Goods says the “State Parties m...
Trade Remedies in the African Trade Governance Context
23 Nov 21 BlogTrade remedies and safeguards are used by governments to deal with unfair trade practices and unforeseen consequences when trade in goods is liberalised. However, they must comply ...
Prospects and Developments in the WTO talks on Export Restrictions
16 Nov 21 BlogThe outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the limitations in the WTO rules on export restrictions. Consequently, the food importing countries such as Japan, Singapore, ...
Are WTO Members Misinterpreting or Abandoning the Mandate of S&DT in the WTO?
15 Nov 21 PublicationsIt is a long-held view of developing countries in the World Trade Organisation (WTO) that some restrict-ions imposed by WTO trade rules and trade related agreements tend to hinder ...
How will the Trade Remedy Regime of the AfCFTA impact on Trade Governance?
02 Nov 21 PublicationsThe legal instruments of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) provide for a detailed regime to implement Trade Remedy and Safeguard measures. One gets the impression th...