Privatisation of ports in Africa turns them into competitive trade engines – study (Engineering News) Privatisation has redefined African port operations, with major hubs like Tema, in Ghana, Abidjan, ...

The purpose of the evaluation is to review and assess the effectiveness of Sweden’s support to tralac, in terms of the standard evaluation criteria of OECD/DAC to determine its relevance, ...

Media Statement: Committee on Trade, Industry and Competition Briefed on the Implementation of Steel and Metal Fabrication Master Plan (Parliament South Africa) The Portfolio Committee on Trade, ...

Mining is expected to be a major driver of Africa’s development for the next few years. However, in many African jurisdictions, the industry is far from stable and needs to perform a complicated ...

South Africa has extraordinary growth potential, though low public investment and high costs of doing business have been holding back growth. Major structural reforms are needed to boost productivity ...

Sampa welcomes gov efforts to rework Brazil poultry import ban (Engineering News) The South African Meat Processors Association (Sampa) has welcomed efforts by the Department of Agriculture (DoA) to ...

Trump’s tariffs included a 145% US tax on Chinese imports, to which China responded by announcing a 125% Chinese tariff on US imports. These two countries have since agreed to a truce, pending further ...

There have also been new initiatives to work out bespoke bilateral deals. They are, for the time being, ad hoc trade arrangements. It will take a long time (and require a proper strategy) to ...

Registration to the tralac website is required to download publications. The African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) – the United States’ flagship trade ...

Registration to the tralac website is required to download publications. This trade brief examines the utilisation of tariff rate quotas (TRQs) under the EU-SADC ...

Gerhard Erasmus is a founder of tralac and Professor Emeritus (Law Faculty), University of Stellenbosch. He holds degrees from the University of the Free State, Bloemfontein (B.Iuris, LL.B), Leiden in ...