Tag: US-Africa relations
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21 Jul 22 NewsLocal news
South African president urges stakeholders to examine progress in redressing racialized economy (Xinhua)
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa on Wednesday urged sta...
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20 Jul 22 NewsLocal news
Cargo thieves are going after hair extensions and wigs, as SA’s imports soar (Business Insider South Africa)
Wigs and hair extensions imports are increasingly becomi...
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15 Jul 22 NewsLocal news
Structural growth in South Africa to slow for the rest of this year (Engineering News)
While South Africa's real gross domestic product (GDP) growth expanded...
The United States anti-dumping investigation against lemon juice from South Africa: what happened, and where to now?
27 Jun 22 PublicationsOn 30 December 2021, a California-based producer of lemon juice and other related products (Ventura Coastal LLC) petitioned the U.S. Department of Commerce and U.S. International T...
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01 Jun 22 NewsLocal news
SA companies could boost exports to EU by R350bn a year, research shows (Daily Maverick)
South African companies are missing out on R350-billion a year in export oppor...
The U.S. anti-dumping investigation against lemon juice exports from South Africa: background, recent updates and next steps
30 May 22 PublicationsSouth 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...
The U.S. anti-dumping investigation against lemon juice exports from South Africa: background, recent updates and next steps
27 May 22 BlogSouth 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...
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15 Mar 22 NewsLocal news
Choose to buy local: President Ramaphosa (SAnews)
President Cyril Ramaphosa has encouraged South Africans - whether individuals or businesses - to always choose to buy...
South African lemon juice exports face American anti-dumping duties
07 Mar 22 BlogOn 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...
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04 Mar 22 NewsCountry-related news
Poultry industry winning battle against unfair trade (Farmer’s Weekly)
The fight against unfair competition and illegal imports is starting to reap benefit...
South Africa Trade Update 2021
28 Feb 22 PublicationsSouth Africa’s latest trade policy formulation retains the clear connection between trade and industrial policy, noting that that trade policy instruments such as the import tari...
Update on the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) and related developments
23 Feb 22 BlogAGOA remains the cornerstone of Africa-U.S. preferential market access, and the legislation accounts for virtually all of Sub-Saharan Africa’s non-MFN exports to the U.S. Through...
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23 Feb 22 NewsCountry-related news
Imbalanced playing field trips up SA’s trade ambitions, Parliament hears (News24)
The Department of Trade and Industry blamed capacity challenges at the Wo...
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22 Nov 21 NewsNational
Boosting industrialisation and trade competitiveness in SA requires an alternative to state-owned enterprises (SOEs) (IOL)
THE Medium-Term Budget Policy Statement 2021 a...
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19 Nov 21 NewsNational
Additive manufacturing in South Africa boosted by local technology developments (Engineering News)
Although the Covid-19 pandemic has had a very real impact on the secto...
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26 Oct 21 NewsNational
Opinion: Breaking the stranglehold on growth and recovery (Engineering News)
In its ’South African Economic Reconstruction and Recovery Plan’, the government speaks ...
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26 Aug 21 NewsNational
Infrastructure remains biggest source of concern for many citizens – Hlahla (Engineering News)
While South Africa has made significant progress in improving the living...
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11 Aug 21 NewsNational
dtic announces economic recovery support interventions (SAnews)
The Department of Trade, Industry and Competition (dtic) has announced that the economic recovery support...
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04 Aug 21 NewsNational
Here are some of the major developments planned for South Africa – including car factories and new borders (BusinessTech)
Nedbank has published its fixed investment re...
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29 Jul 21 NewsNational
SA economy to recover to pre-COVID levels in 2023 (SAnews)
Finance Minister Tito Mboweni says the National Treasury now predicts that the South African economy will retu...