Tag: World Trade Organisation

Country focus  South Africa urged to play to strengths as its plots role in lithium-ion battery value chain (Creamer Media’s Mining Weekly) A newly released study of the p...

Country focus  Namibia edges closer to South Africa with customs connectivity (The South African) Namibia introduced customs connectivity with South Africa in February. The ...

Country focus Mboweni unveils R2 trillion Budget, focus on vaccine rollout, efficient spending (Eyewitness News) Every national budget, in every nation across the globe, is a bal...

Country focus Sapa applies for anti-dumping duty against Brazil, four EU countries (Engineering News) The South African Poultry Association (Sapa) has applied to the Internationa...

Country Focus Qatar-South Africa fresh food trade soared in 2019-20: Ambassador (MENAFN – The Peninsula) Trade between Qatar and South Africa in fresh foods has grown significa...

Country focus Short-term low growth is ‘new normal’ (Moneyweb.co.za) As the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic continues to ripple through 2021 and South Africa faces economic c...

Country focus SARS releases trade statistics for December 2020 The South African Revenue Service (SARS) today releases trade statistics for December 2020 recording a trade surplu...

National Aviation industry anxious as COVID-19 resurgences force new travel bans (The South African) With a host of countries – mainly across Europe – announcing over the wee...

National South Africa misses Covax deadline to secure vaccines (Engineering News) South Africa, the country hardest hit in Africa by the coronavirus, missed a December 15 deadlin...

National African Nation Worst Hit by Covid Falling Behind on Vaccines (BloombergQunit) The African country with the worst confirmed coronavirus outbreak is yet to provide clarity...

National South African Retailers Turn From China to Source Local Clothes (Bloomberg Quint) South African retailers including The Foschini Group Ltd. and Woolworths Holdings Ltd. ...

National ‘80% of truck drivers are South African’ (IOL) The National Bargaining Council for the Road Freight and Logistics Industry has said by far the majority of truck driv...

National SARB warns rising public debt ‘will severely impact financial sector’ (The South African) According to the South African Reserve Bank (SARB), National Treasury’s O...

National Patel expects sharp decline in foreign direct investment in 2021 (IOL) Trade, Industry and Competition Minister Ebrahim Patel has warned that South Africa’s foreign di...

National DTIC reiterates importance of quality standards in South Africa (Engineering News) The Department of Trade, Industry and Competition (DTIC) has reiterated the importance...

National South Africa’s 2020 Medium Term Budget Policy Statement (MTBPS) (National Treasury) Two weeks ago, President Matamela Cyril Ramaphosa laid out the government’s conse...

National SACUM-UK EPA and SA-US Trade Relations, including AGOA (the dtic) The United Kingdom (UK) is South Africa’s 5th largest trading partner with total trade amounting to R...

The Minister of Trade, Industry and Competition, Mr Ebrahim Patel participated in the Informal World Trade Organisation (WTO) Trade Ministers Meeting on Tuesday, 27 October. The Tr...

National How the virus worsened South Africa’s debt woes (Bloomberg / Engineering News) South Africa is faces surging debt as the havoc wrought by the coronavirus pandemic comp...

National SA Government Commits to Strengthening Economic Ties with the Middle East (dtic) The South African government is committed to strengthening bilateral economic relations ...