The government of the Republic of South Africa, and the government of the People’s Republic of China jointly launched the Initiative on Cooperation Supporting Modernization in Africa on November 22, ...

The release of a Leaders’ Declaration during the G20 Summit, held in Johannesburg at the end of South Africa’s 2024/25 presidency, has been widely heralded as a win for South Africa’s diplomatic ...

David Christianson is a consultant. He has previously been a political scientist, NGO researcher and development banker. He entered business journalism in 1997 and was Diageo African Business Writer ...

The AfCFTA Protocol on Women and Youth in Trade (hereinafter the Protocol) is an international legal instrument and an integral part of the African Continental Free Trade Area. Modern Free Trade Areas ...

After Trump’s re-election in November 2024, the White House stated that “reciprocal tariffs were a big part of why Americans voted for President Trump – it was a cornerstone of his campaign from the ...

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Registration to the tralac website is required to download publications. In this Trade Brief we discuss some key developments and events (some quite recent) which we ...

Registration to the tralac website is required to download publications. In November 2023, following the conclusion of the annual AGOA Forum in South Africa, US ...

Rules of Origin (RoO) are the administrative rules and criteria used to determine the origin status of products that are traded across borders. This is an important consideration in trade, as ...

Egypt is a member of the GAFTA, a free trade area that consists of 14 members spanning North Africa and the Middle East. While it is not an African regional economic community, Egypt’s GAFTA ...