Tag: Trade regulation
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26 Apr 22 NewsDomestic news
AfCFTA not quite the SMME trade silver bullet SA hoped (Daily Maverick)
A draft ANC policy document, which was among several discussed at the ANC’s national ...
The AfCFTA Tariff Negotiations face unique Challenges
11 Apr 22 BlogPreferential trade in goods under the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) will only become possible once schedules of tariff concessions have been agreed and have entered ...
African Union Assembly Decision of February 2022 on Trade in Goods under the AfCFTA
11 Apr 22 BlogThe Decisions, Declarations, Resolution and Motions adopted at the Thirty-Fifth Ordinary Session of the African Union (AU) Assembly, which took place in Addis Ababa on 5-6 February...
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23 Mar 22 NewsLocal news
South Africa takes massive digital leap forward, says Ramaphosa (Engineering News)
Last week, government concluded the auction of high-demand spectrum for mobile telec...
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18 Mar 22 NewsLocal news
4th SA Investment Conference 2022 (Mail & Guardian)
In an effort to boost economic growth and facilitate the creation of more employment opportunities, President C...
South African lemon juice exports face American anti-dumping duties
07 Mar 22 BlogOn December 30, 2021, the United States International Trade Commission (USITC or I.T.C.) received a request from Ventura Coastal LLC, an American firm, to undertake an investigatio...
Intra-Africa Non-tariff Trade Costs for the period 2015-2019
28 Feb 22 InfographicsThis infographic takes a look at the trade costs associated with non-tariff barriers to trade in Africa, i.e., all costs associated with the trading of goods bilaterally between tr...
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21 Feb 22 NewsCountry-related news
Presidential Climate Change Commission discusses risks of net-zero carbon emissions for South Africa (The Mail & Guardian)
The Presidential Climate Chang...
Trade Remedies and Safeguards: Important for States and Private Parties
21 Feb 22 PublicationsPart 4 of the AfCFTA Protocol on Trade in Goods contains several provisions on trade remedies and safeguards. Article 17 states that the State Parties may apply anti-dumping and co...
Will Trade Remedies be used as part of Trade Governance under the AfCFTA?
21 Feb 22 PublicationsVery few African States are active users of trade remedies and safeguards as part of their trade governance and trade policy implementation. Only four African countries – Egypt, ...
The AfCFTA Trade Remedy Regime can enhance rules-based Trade Governance
21 Feb 22 PublicationsSince only a small number of African States are active users of trade remedies and safeguards, the implementation of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) Agreement’s ...
2021: Review of ITAC Investigations in a Pandemic Environment
06 Feb 22 PublicationsThe aim of the International Trade Administration Commission of South Africa (ITAC), as mandated by the International Trade Administration Act, 2002 (the ITA Act), is to foster eco...
What if? Another footnote to the demise of the SADC Tribunal: Henred Fruehauf Zambia Limited v Zambia Revenue Authority
01 Feb 22 BlogWhen the leaders of the SADC member states decided in 2012 to scupper the SADC Tribunal instead of standing up to the instigator, Zimbabwe, they might not have foreseen the institu...
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01 Feb 22 NewsCountry-related news
Trade Statistics for December 2021 (South African Revenue Service)
SARS has released trade statistics for December 2021 recording a preliminary trade ba...
Africa and the adoption of HS2022: Implementation update, impact and consequences in the context of AfCFTA
01 Feb 22 PublicationsThe new edition of the Harmonised Commodity Description and Coding System 2022 (HS2022) entered into force on the 1st of January 2022. This development means that Customs tariffs, ...
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31 Jan 22 NewsCountry-related news
Green energy transition will help South Africa become more resilient, competitive (Engineering News)
South Africa needs more power generation to overcome the...
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28 Jan 22 NewsCountry-related news
South Africa: Trade Liberalization In Africa And Arbitration Clauses In Cross-border Agreements (Mondaq)
The African Continental Free Trade Area or “AfCFTA...
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27 Jan 22 NewsCountry-related news
SARS Customs scales up digital transformation (SAnews)
The South African Revenue Service (SARS) Customs division will scale up digital transformation and inc...
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25 Jan 22 NewsCountry-related news
Investments worth more than R26bn in SA’s ocean economy unveiled (Moneyweb)
A package of investments worth more than R26 billion in South Africa’s oceans...
When will the AfCFTA be customs-ready?
24 Jan 22 BlogThe negotiations to finalise the tariff schedules and rules of origin (RoO) of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) are taking place during the last two weeks of Januar...