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tralac Newsletter
tralac’s electronic newsletter focuses on topics of special interest to Africa’s trade and regional integration agendas, as well as highlighting tralac’s policy dialogue, research and capacity-building activities. We also include updates from AGOA.info.
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Past Issues
February 28, 2024: Movement of persons in Africa
February 2, 2024: First Newsletter for 2024
December 21, 2023: Final Newsletter for 2023
December 19, 2023: COP28 and SheGovernsTrade
December 14, 2023: AGOA Newsletter
November 10, 2023: Terms used in the AfCFTA legal instruments
August 23, 2023: The AfCFTA, regional developments, and focus on North Africa
May 26, 2023: Annual Conference Newsletter
April 11, 2023: The trade-climate landscape
March 9, 2023: International Women’s Day
February 6, 2023: First Newsletter for 2023
December 23, 2022: Final tralac Newsletter for 2022
December 1, 2022: Reflection and review of COP27
November 7, 2022: Reporting on the 2022 Annual and Alumni Conferences
September 10, 2022: tralac Annual Conference newsletter
June 2022: Trade facilitation and dispute settlement under the AfCFTA
April 2022: A look at matters high up on the African continental trade and development agenda
March 2022: Updates on the AfCFTA and war in Ukraine
January 2022: First tralac newsletter for 2022
December 2021: Review of an extraordinary year
October 2021: Systemic issues in African trade and topical global developments
September 2021: Dispute settlement in intra-African trade and economic integration
August 2021: Update on the AfCFTA negotiations
July 2021: Annual Conference 2021
April 2021: Investment issues in the AfCFTA
March 2021: Women in trade governance and the AfCFTA negotiations
January 2021: Welcome to tralac’s first newsletter for 2021
December 2020: End of 2020 reflections on trade and trade-related developments in Africa
November 2020: Start of trading under the AfCFTA regime
October 2020: Trade and related data matters
September 2020: tralac Annual Conference Report
August 2020: Industrial development and policy for Africa
pdf July 2020: Update on the African Continental Free Trade Area (8.88 MB) . Read it online.
pdf June 2020: Perspectives on trade-related issues that matter for Africa’s youth (9.50 MB) . Read it online.
pdf May 2020: COVID-19 and its impact (3.00 MB) . Read it online.
pdf April 2020: Special Edition on COVID-19 (1.33 MB) . Read it online.
pdf March 2020: Update on the AfCFTA (2.68 MB) . Read it online.
February 2020: tralac’s first newsletter for 2020
December 2019: tralac’s final newsletter for 2019
October 2019: Trade in services in the AfCFTA
August 2019: Institutions as the Anchor of Good Governance
July 2019: Dispute settlement in trade agreements
April 2019: The AfCFTA enters into force on 30 May
March 2019: Reflections on the tralac Annual Conference in Nairobi and AfCFTA developments
February 2019: South Africa – Where does economic policy and governance stand?
pdf January 2019: Developments to be monitored during 2019 (4.77 MB) . Read it online.
December 2018: Where do we stand on trade policy matters at the end of 2018?
November 2018: The Southern African Customs Union
pdf October 2018: The Multilateral Trading System – quo vadis? (1.10 MB) Read it online.
September 2018: Developments in Dispute Settlement in International Trade.
pdf August 2018: Women and trade (1.23 MB) . Read it online.
pdf July 2018: SADC-EU Economic Partnership Agreement (1.05 MB) . Read it online.
pdf June 2018: The African Continental Free Trade Area (865 KB) . Read it online.