Clik here to view.
Update on South Africa’s trading relationship with China
Taku Fundira, a tralac Researcher, gives an update on South Africa’s trading relationship with China. In 2008, the Trade Law Centre for Southern Africa (tralac) conducted research and published a book...
View ArticleDetermining the Weighted Average Margin of Dumping
Introduction Dumping is viewed as price discrimination between the domestic and export markets and takes place where the export price of a product is lower than the normal value of such product. The...
View ArticleSouth Africa’s way ahead: are we a BRIC?
Introduction and summary South Africa recently received an invitation to join the party of the so-called BRIC nations of Brazil, Russia, India and China. On the face of it this is indeed an honor, and...
View ArticleManaging the process of services liberalisation
Introduction Transparency of laws and regulations can play an important part in the investment decisions of foreign investors. For traders and investors it can increase predictability, legal certainty,...
View ArticleEmpowerment policies in SADC and their effect on agreement design
Empowerment policies may give rise to discrimination when local suppliers are treated more favourably, or perhaps even limit the market access opportunities for foreign suppliers, when, for example,...
View ArticleWhat has happened to the protection of rights in SADC?
Introduction: For about the last year and a half a vital aspect of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) legal regime, the ability to enforce the rights and obligations in the legal...
View ArticleThe Regional Indicative Strategic Development Plan: SADC’s trade-led...
Introduction and background: The Southern African Development Community (SADC) Secretariat conducted a desk review of the Regional Indicative Strategic Development Plan (RISDP) in 2011; this report was...
View ArticleWhat role for national planning commissions in the promotion of deeper...
Author: Gerhard Erasmus The Southern African Development Community (SADC) has set itself very ambitious regional integration goals. There is now general agreement that more realistic goals and a better...
View ArticleSpecial Missing Zones in South Africa’s Policy on Special Economic Zones
Author: Harry Zarenda Since the publication of the draft bill, there has been much comment on the advantages and disadvantages of the new SEZ policy and process in the country, of which the CDE...
View ArticleOverview of AGOA’s apparel provisions in the context of US-Africa trade
Author: Eckart Naumann Introduction: The African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) forms a part of United States trade legislation that provides non-reciprocal preferential market access to the US...
View ArticleTrade and regional integration in South Africa’s National Development Plan
Author: Colin McCarthy* The serious observer of the South African economic policy scene cannot help but notice the multitude of official policy documents and strategies that appeared in recent years....
View ArticleAn analysis of the SADC Free Trade Area
Author: Ron Sandrey The Southern African Development Community (SADC) Free Trade Agreement (FTA) has been entering into force over a period of time. It was originally set to become fully operational by...
View ArticleRedirecting the Tripartite Free Trade Agreement negotiations?
Author: Gerhard Erasmus At the first summit of the Tripartite Free Trade Agreement (T-FTA) states in October 2008 in Kampala, certain decisions were adopted on how to launch and undertake the process...
View ArticleAn analysis of Africa’s export performance and export similarity for select...
Author: Taku Fundira This study aims to discuss the issues of Africa’s export performance and more specifically export competition for South Africa and Kenya in the envisaged COMESA-EAC-SADC Tripartite...
View ArticleA retrospective briefing on the Industrial Policy Action Plan for South...
Author: Harry Zarenda During April 2013, South Africa’s Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) released the fifth iteration of the Industrial Policy Action Plan (DTI, 2013). In the Minister of Trade...
View ArticlePolicy space in South Africa’s non-agricultural imports
Author: Ron Sandrey The objective of this paper is to assess the policy space available to South Africa to raise non-agricultural tariffs in order to provide some protection for the domestic...
View ArticleThe IBSA Dialogue Forum ten years on: Examining IBSA cooperation on trade
Author: Sean Woolfrey In recent years there has been much discussion in the global media and in trade policy circles about the rise of emerging economies and the impact this phenomenon is having on the...
View ArticleGood governance and the management of natural resource endowments
Author: Gerhard Erasmus The importance of good governance for regional integration arrangements is a constant theme in tralac writings. We consider respect for the rule of law and the availability of...
View ArticleReconstructing regional integration in Africa? A briefing paper on the UNCTAD...
Author: Harry Zarenda During July 2013, the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) released its new edition of the annual Economic Development in Africa Report. The focus in this...
View ArticleA closer look at India-Brazil-South Africa (IBSA) trade
Author: Sean Woolfrey In June 2003, the foreign ministers of India, Brazil and South Africa (IBSA) met in Brasilia to discuss forging closer ties between their nations. It was at this meeting that the...
View Article
