This trade report reviews US tariff developments in the context of Africa’s AGOA beneficiaries, prospects of AGOA renewal following its expiry at the end of September including December updates, and ...

The editor of a well-known international newspaper recently wrote that 2025 was the year when the ‘existing world order ended’. President Donald Trump ruined the multilateral institutions that existed ...

The Protocol of Accession was signed on Thursday, December 18, 2025, in Geneva by Ghana’s Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the United Nations Office, the World Trade Organisation, and other ...

US Congress moves to revive Agoa, but SA’s continued participation is in doubt (Daily Maverick) The US Congress is moving to revive the African Growth and Opportunity Act (Agoa), which expired on 30 ...

USTR Greer says he’s open to ‘different treatment’ of South Africa under trade initiative (CNBC) U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer on Tuesday said he is open to treating South Africa ...

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 ...

Trade is a powerful tool for economic growth, but gender disparities in trade limit women and youth participation in international markets. Gender policies most often do not integrate trade inclusion ...

For a long time, Southern Africa’s informal cross-border traders have been moving everything from fresh vegetables, agricultural products to household goods across our borders, contributing ...

Trudi Hartzenberg is the Executive Director of tralac. She has a special interest in trade-related capacity building. Her research areas include trade policy issues, regional integration, investment, ...