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Recently, the EU and UK announced their Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanisms (CBAM), due to take effect in 2026 and 2027, respectively. Delays in compliance are estimated to cost African countries as ...

Roadmap on the Digital Transformation of the South African government launched (Engineering News) South Africa is taking a step unify its currently fragmented digital initiatives, ...

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The African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) – the United States’ flagship trade preference program aimed at transitioning the US relationship with Africa from aid-based to trade-based – celebrates ...

The Bretton Woods institutions, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Bank Group (WBG), appeared to have dodged a bullet at the annual Spring meeting held in Washington in April. There had ...

Economic growth, job creation expected to take centre stage in President’s SONA (SAnews) Economic growth, service delivery, infrastructural development, and job creation are som ...

Registration to the tralac website is required to download publications. This trade brief examines the utilisation of tariff rate quotas (TRQs) under the EU-SADC ...

The African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) – the United States’ flagship trade preference program aimed at transitioning the US relationship with Africa from aid-based to tr ...

The African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) is, in addition to being a free trade area, a flagship project of the African Union (AU) in terms of Agenda 2063. It offers a member-driven blueprint ...

What is the AfCFTA? The African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) is, in addition to being a free trade area, a flagship project of the African Union (AU) in terms of Agen... This booklet, updated ...