ECA launches step-by-step guides for trading under the AfCFTA (UNECA) The United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), through its African Trade Policy Centre (ATPC), and with the generous ...

On 3 February 2026, President Trump signed a short-term extension of AGOA into law, extending the Act to December 31, 2026, and restoring limited non-reciprocal preferential market access to the US ...

The Mining Indaba has showcased a continental industry in the midst of a significant reset. Mineral-rich African jurisdictions now have options that didn’t exist previously. It is not unfair to ...

The rules-based approach to trade and the functioning of multilateral arrangements appears to have lost much of its allure at a time when a comprehensive consensus about values no longer exists. But ...

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South Africa demonstrated remarkable economic resilience in the face of global turbulence in 2025, successfully maintaining macroeconomic stability and keeping inflation under control. Even so, the ...

Registration to the tralac website is required to download resources. tralac has followed developments in the AfCFTA negotiations with keen interest. Below is our ...

Maria Immanuel is an international trade expert and a tralac Alumna based in Windhoek, Namibia. She makes music and is a Digital trade entrepreneur.

Beatrice Chaytor is an international trade lawyer, called to the Bar in England and Wales as well as Sierra Leone, with over 30 years’ experience in providing advice and support to NGO’s, governments ...

Trade, Industry and Competition Deputy Minister Alexandra Abrahams conducted official oversight visits at the Freeport Saldanha Industrial Development Zone (IDZ) and the Atlantis Special Economic Zone ...

Registration to the tralac website is required to download publications. The World Economic Forum’s 2026 (WEF 2026) gathering at Davos in Switzerland between the ...