“We regret to inform you that the 9th SACU Summit of Heads of State or Government, which was scheduled to take place on 27 June 2025 in Windhoek, Namibia, has been postponed due to unforeseen ...

Introduction of tariffs timeline. After his inauguration as the 47th President of the US, Donald Trump issued just over 200 Executive Orders. They dealt mainly with measures to undo the policies of ...

A signs US$1.5 billion loan with World Bank (SAnews). The South African government and the World Bank have signed a US$1.5 billion Development Policy Loan Agreement that will assist in unlocking key ...

South Africa released its pdf Critical Minerals and Metals Strategy (2.23 MB) for public comment on 20 May 2025. It is a polished and insightful document, reflecting the input of ...

The Trade Law Centre (tralac), a trade-related capacity building organisation based in South Africa, has received core funding support from the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency ...

South Africa’s GDP vulnerable of sliding into negative territory after barely growing in the first quarter (Engineering News). South Africa‘s gross domestic product (GDP) increased by 0.1% in the ...

This trade brief examines the utilisation of tariff rate quotas (TRQs) under the EU-SADC Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) in 2024. This trade agreement between the European Union (EU) on the one ...

The African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) is set to expire in less than seven months: at the end of September 2025, marking 25 years of deepening political and economic relations during which time ...

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Gerhard Erasmus is a founder of tralac and Professor Emeritus (Law Faculty), University of Stellenbosch. He holds degrees from the University of the Free State, Bloemfontein (B.Iuris, LL.B), Leiden in ...

In November 2023, following the conclusion of the annual AGOA Forum in South Africa, US Senator Chris Coons (Democrat - Delaware) circulated a first discussion draft of legislation to extend the term ...

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