For African countries working to improve their trade regimes, this case offers a practical roadmap: decentralize where feasible, build capacity at the front lines, and treat regulatory efficiency as a ...

South Africa should further enhance its institutional capacity and efforts to fight foreign bribery as it emerges from state capture (OECD) South Africa has made progress in detecting and ...

Minister Tau Tables his 2025 – 2026 Budget Vote 39 (The Department of Trade Industry and Competition) Minister of Trade, Industry and Competition, Mr Parks Tau, says the department is driving a R700 ...

4th International Finance for Development Conference LIVE: World leaders in Sevilla launch ambitious push to finance the future (UN News) Sevilla: Morocco advocates new global financing approaches ...

Aligning consumer protection with selected multilateral environmental agreements (UN Trade and Development) Sustainable consumption and production (SCP) are central to addressing the triple planetary ...

Paul Cormon is a French citizen who recently graduated with a Bachelor of Commerce specializing in Transport economics and Political sciences from Stellenbosch university. He also holds an ...

Introduction of tariffs timeline Below is a timeline of developments in the introduction of President Trump's new tariff policy, following his declaration of "a national emergency arising from ...

Dr. Ify Ogo is a legal economist and trade specialist. Her experience includes working as the UNDP Regional Coordination Specialist on the AfCFTA, as well as Trade Policy Expert at the African Trade ...

Ndiitah Nghipondoka-Robiati is Chief Executive Officer, Namibia Trade Forum. Before joining NTF in April 2014, she was a lecturer in the Department of Agricultural Economics at the University of ...

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 country’s ...