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 2026, the role of Davos as a neutral platform came to the fore, largely as a result of tensions between the US and Europe. Although the chosen theme, ‘A Spirit of Dialogue‘ did not leap out as ...

Registration to the tralac website is required to download publications. 2025 has been a challenging year for trade relations and the impacts of US tariff policy ...

Registration to the tralac website is required to download publications. Cross-border trade is a source of income and livelihoods for thousands of Africans. Over 70% ...

Registration to the tralac website is required to download publications. The release of a Leaders’ Declaration during the G20 Summit, held in Johannesburg at the ...