Meeting in Banjul from 6 to 8 July 2026, African governors at the IMF and World Bank are using the African Caucus to structure an assertive agenda for reform of the international financial ...

Minister Tau Encouraged by Findings of the World Bank Study on the SEZs (The Department of Trade, Industry and Competition) The Minister of Trade, Industry and Competition, Mr Parks Tau has been ...

East African Community convenes 2026 Digital for Development Forum to fast-track regional digital integration (EAC) The EAC has intensified efforts to accelerate regional digital integration by ...

Evidence from firm-level survey data on barriers to regional trade participation reveals that among women-led non-users of AfCFTA preferences, the main reason is simply not knowing that the Agreement ...

Just 11% of South African goods exports are women-driven. This share has been shrinking over the past 20 years as historically male-intensive sectors have grown while female-intensive sectors have ...

US administration launched unprecedented tariff actions against African trading partners in 2025, driven by trade imbalance calculations. This ‘tariff shock’ was uneven and fluctuated significantly ...

The Chairperson of the Select Committee on Economic Development and Trade, Ms Sonja Boshoff, has called on the Department of Trade, Industry and Competition to intervene in the challenges facing the ...

South Africa recorded a preliminary trade balance surplus of R36.9 billion in February 2026. This surplus was attributable to exports of R168.1 billion and imports of R131.2 billion, inclusive of ...

The WTO’s 14th Ministerial Conference (MC14) in Yaoundé, Cameroon, concluded early 30 March with ministers adopting a number of decisions as well as making a commitment to continue work in Geneva on ...

Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni has assumed the chairpersonship of the East African Community (EAC) as member states continue to grapple with trade barriers, disunity, and regional insecurity.

Registration to the tralac website is required to download publications. On 3 February 2026, President Trump signed a short-term extension of AGOA into law, extending ...

US President Donald Trump signed legislation on Tuesday to revive and extend the African Growth and Opportunity Act (Agoa) for a year. Eckard Naumann, independent economist and associate of ...