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NEW presentations are available to download With a major global agreement on making international trade “faster, easier and cheaper” due to take effect in the early weeks of 2...

Joint statement by UK Secretary of State for International Trade Dr Liam Fox, and South Africa Minister for Trade and Industry Dr Rob Davies Secretary of State for International T...

South Africa will continue to pursue bilateral and regional negotiations with the British government despite its exit from the European Union (EU), the Minister of Trade and Indust...

The adoption of digitalisation by African countries could add $300 billion (R4 trillion) to the continent's economy by 2026, with South Africa poised to derive the most benefits. ...

The African Organisation for Standards (Arso) is urging its members to set up more testing facilities to help certify products, as it moves to harmonise standards on the continent....

The Banking Commission of the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC), the Wolfsberg Group, and the Bankers Association for Finance and Trade (BAFT) jointly announce the publicatio...

Tight supply, strong demand boosts energy, metals prices The World Bank is forecasting strong gains for industrial commodities such as energy and metals in 2017, due to tightening...

The European Union’s executive arm accused South Africa of unfairly protecting its chicken industry with import duties that mask local producers’ inability to compete in global...

Trade-focused presidential order fulfills campaign pledge With the stroke of a pen, President Donald Trump abruptly ended the decades-old U.S. tilt toward free trade by acting to ...

Underway in Addis: 33rd Ordinary Session of the Permanent Representatives Committee. Opening remarks of the Chairperson of the AU Commission, Dr Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma David Luke,...

Highlighting growing challenges, such as climate change and natural resource scarcity, facing small farmers in developing countries, the head of the United Nations agricultural age...

Sub-Saharan Africa is concerned about the future of a trade pact with the United States after President Donald Trump said it only benefits the corrupt. President Trump’s n...

The entry into force of the Trade Facilitation Agreement is imminent. Only two more ratifications are needed. For developing countries that have ratified or will ratify the Agreeme...

The Chairperson of the African Union Commission Dr. Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma has called for the general adoption and upholding of the values of Pan Africanism, which include putting ...

An amendment to the agreement on intellectual property rights entered into force today, securing for developing countries a legal pathway to access affordable medicines under WTO r...

tralac’s first newsletter of 2017 is posted: a message from the Executive Director, Trudi Hartzenberg (and more) The 9th African Union gender pre-summit starts on Sunday: concep...

The World Bank’s Doing Business (DB) project examines the ease with which companies are able to do business in 190 different countries. When it publishes a report, as it did on 2...

The U.S. may be a global superpower, but when it comes to trade and investment in Africa, it lags far behind. China, with $200 billion in trade with the continent, more than double...

Germany’s Marshall Plan, which calls for an equal partnership to industrialize Africa, has received positive feedback among African business leaders at the World Economic Forum i...

For three days, this week, world leaders in business, governments, academia, civil society and international agencies have been braving the European winter at the 47th World Econom...