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Joint Statement by African and Indian Civil Society on the Nairobi Ministerial of the WTO
04 Nov 2015In a joint statement released and endorsed by nearly 200 organisations across Africa and India on the occasion of the Third India-Africa Forum Summit that took place in New Delhi l...
read moreWell-designed IP systems can benefit Africa, leaders say; WIPO Director urges action
04 Nov 2015As Africa is emerging to become a centre of economic growth, strong and well-developed national intellectual property systems can help the continent unlock its citizens’ creativi...
read moreExport competition a possible deliverable in Nairobi, despite gaps
04 Nov 2015The Chair of the agriculture negotiations, Ambassador Vitalis of New Zealand, told WTO members on 30 October that export competition in agriculture is broadly believed to be a poss...
read moreG-20 economies: Rebalancing for more durable growth
04 Nov 2015The Group of Twenty (G-20) advanced and emerging market economies has made progress in reducing their large external current account imbalances and some progress on internal imbala...
read moreWeakness in African markets overdone
04 Nov 2015China’s trade with Africa is only 5 percent of its global trade total, according to 2011 figures from Global Trade Atlas. But its impact on the continent is profound. Equally so,...
read moreECOWAS laments as West Africa’s intra-regional trade sinks to 12%
04 Nov 2015The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has lamented over the low level of intra-regional trade within the sub-region, noting that several years after regionalism, i...
read moreGlobal response to climate change keeps door open to 2°C temperature limit
04 Nov 2015New UN report synthesizes national climate plans from 146 countries in advance of Paris
An unprecedented world-wide effort is underway to combat climate change, building confidenc...
read moreTransforming Africa through infrastructure development
04 Nov 2015The African Union and Partners to meet in Cote D’Ivoire in November to “Accelerate Infrastructure Implementation for Africa’s Integration”
The development of efficient inf...
read moretralac’s Daily News selection: 3 November 2015
03 Nov 2015The selection: Tuesday, 3 November
Today: an AGOA briefing by South Africa's Minister of Trade and Industry, Dr Rob Davies
The African Economic Conference 2015: the conference pa...
read moreWTO reports levelling of new G20 trade restrictions, but stockpile grows
03 Nov 2015The WTO’s fourteenth trade monitoring report on G20 trade measures, issued on 2 November, shows the application of new trade-restrictive measures by G20 economies remained stable...
read moreFAO and WTO: Food safety and trade should improve nutrition and boost development
03 Nov 2015Small-scale producers in developing countries must access world markets says WTO’s Azevêdo
FAO and the World Trade Organization (WTO) agreed on 2 November 2015 to strengthen th...
read moreAfrica: Smart measures required to weather commodity boom-bust cycles
03 Nov 2015Economic diversification key for development in the long run, says UN development agency
Governments in Africa should put into place fiscal rules, sovereign wealth funds and other...
read moreAfrican Economic Conference presents plans to fight deepening poverty
03 Nov 2015Economists aim to strike Kinshasa Consensus on ending poverty in Africa
Increasing government spending on healthcare, education and support to vulnerable groups like the elderly h...
read moreNeeds of communities near mines in poor countries must prevail in the mining lifecycle, says Global Policy Forum
03 Nov 2015The importance of going beyond environmental considerations when planning the lifecycle of mines to include socioeconomic considerations was among the topics raised at the Intergov...
read moreGlobal fight against corruption crucial to achieving sustainable development, UN forum told
03 Nov 2015Ending corruption is vital to efforts to achieve sustainable development, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon told the world’s largest anti-corruption forum, w...
read moreGlobal Forum on tax transparency pushes forward international co-operation against tax evasion
03 Nov 2015Major implementation milestones are being met by members of the world’s leading forum on tax transparency as the international community continues to move ahead towards greater t...
read moreTreasury publishes Draft Carbon Tax Bill for public comment
03 Nov 2015The National Treasury on 2 November 2015 published the Draft Carbon Tax Bill for public comment, following on the announcement made by the Minister of Finance in the 2015 Budget. C...
read moretralac’s Daily News selection: 2 November 2015
02 Nov 2015The selection: Monday, 2 November
This week’s selected African trade and development events:
SACU Trade Policy Review
The African Ministerial Conference 2015: 'intellectual p...
read more2015 African Economic Conference to address poverty and inequality and give cause for more optimism to Africans
02 Nov 2015Delegates from across the continent and around the globe are converging in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo, where the African Development Bank (AfDB), the United Nations Eco...
read moreTransnet: Ports still the best ‘Gateway into Africa’
02 Nov 2015He was positive about the organisation’s mid-financial year performance, Transnet Port Terminals (TPT) chief executive Karl Socikwa said, outlining in detail ways in which TPT co...
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