The Thirty-Ninth Ordinary Session of the Assembly of the African Union (AU) concluded on Sunday [15 February] at the AU Headquarters in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, following two days of high-level ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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

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, ...

Alan Wm. Wolff is Deputy Director-General of the World Trade Organisation (WTO). He began his four-year term in this position on 1 October 2017. He was formerly Senior Counsel at the global law firm ...

South Africa’s trade deficit with its Brics partners has ballooned significantly since it joined the bloc in 2010, highlighting the need for deeper economic integration amid global trade turbulence.

The first shipment of fresh fruit from South Africa in 2026 was delivered to the port of St. Petersburg. The cargo included approximately 1,800 tonnes of table grapes from the new harvest, supplied to ...