The East African nation, which exported goods worth $737 million - or 10% of its total exports - to the U.S. in 2024, held talks with Washington last August to safeguard market access, seeking to ...

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 ...

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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 ...

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 ...

In 2025, renewed challenges have emerged, as the global economy has been adapting to a landscape marked by greater protectionism, fragmentation, and heightened policy uncertainty. New trade policies ...

ICYMI: IMF finds South African economy resilient, but warns of downside risks (Engineering News) The International Monetary Fund (IMF), as part of its yearly consultation with South Africa, has found ...

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