Tag: World Trade Organisation

In early October 2020, India and South Africa presented a proposal to the TRIPS Council requesting a temporary waiver from the implementation, application, and enforcement of the A...

National Working together to address SA challenges (SAnews) The knowledge economy provides South Africa with an opportunity to overcome structural barriers to economic transforma...

In the 1990s there were major concerns about how preferential trade agreements with specific membership configurations would undermine the multilateral trading system embodied in t...

National Government committed to transforming, developing financial services sector (SAnews) The South African government remains unwaveringly committed to the development and tr...

National South Africa’s trade surplus remains robust, underpinned by commodity prices (Daily Maverick) South Africa’s trade surplus remains among the few bright spots in an e...

National Trade policy seeks to build SA’s industrial capacity (IOL) The Department of Trade, Industry and Competition (dtic) has released a Trade Policy Statement, which seeks ...

National DTIC trade policy statement addresses green, labour opportunities (Engineering News) The Department of Trade, Industry and Competition (DTIC) on May 20 issued a Trade Po...

National trade and trade-related news Business wants jobs and competitiveness prioritised amid 20% import-substitution request (Engineering News) Organised business is preparing ...

National trade and trade-related news Tackling illicit financing flows is key to funding infrastructure (IOL) The Economic Reconstruction and Recovery Plan (ERRP) announced last ...

National trade and trade-related news Sugar Masterplan starting to uplift industry – DTIC (Engineering News) The South African sugarcane industry has experienced a sharp declin...

National trade and trade-related news Going digital during pandemic signals a positive change for SMMEs – SBI (Eyewitness News) While thousands of small businesses crumbled und...

National trade and trade-related news South African trade rises on a tide of rallying commodity prices but government must boost economy to withstand a turnaround (Daily Maverick)...

National trade and trade-related news Avian epidemic plunging poultry industry into turmoil (CAJ News) Stakeholders are divided over South Africa’s prospects of containing the ...

National trade and trade-related news Poultry sector still on high alert for avian flu (IOL) The South African poultry and ostrich industries continued to remain under national h...

National trade and trade-related news South Africa’s trade surplus grows to $3.67 billion in March (Reuters) South Africa recorded its largest trade surplus on record in March,...

National trade and trade-related news Intellectual property rights can help combat illicit trade (News24) The protection of intellectual property rights can go a long way to help...

Most countries broadly aspire to free trade, and the benefits of international trade at times induce situations where governments support domestic industries with the objective of ...

National trade and trade-related news Food security fears allayed – Agbiz (IOL) Improved agricultural conditions would not fully compensate for job losses due to the pandemic, ...

National trade and trade-related news Avian flu: Poultry industry hustling to save exports (Food For Mzansi) South Africa’s poultry industry is currently working hard to safegu...

National trade and trade-related news Small businesses urged to challenge govt over red tape (Eyewitness News) The biggest stumbling block to entrepreneurship and a growing econo...