Maersk, widely regarded as a key indicator of global trade health, has adjusted its forecast for container volumes in 2025. The company now expects growth to fall within a range of -1% to +4%, a ...

The Bretton Woods institutions, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Bank Group (WBG), appeared to have dodged a bullet at the annual Spring meeting held in Washington in April. There had ...

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This trade brief examines the utilisation of tariff rate quotas (TRQs) under the EU-SADC Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) in 2024. This trade agreement between the European Union (EU) on the one ...

The Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment’s National Web-Based Environmental Screening Tool is now fully operational. This was announced on Thursday by Forestry, Fisheries and the ...

Despite US President Donald Trump reversing 30% tariffs on South African exports, Washington’s trade war with China will likely spill over to the rest of the world, and billions of rands worth of ...

President Cyril Ramaphosa said on Monday that trade between countries must remain “free, predictable and governed by a rules-based system”, particularly for developing economies, many of which he said ...

PPPs, streamlined payments encourage AfCFTA growth (Engineering News) Public–private partnerships (PPPs) and streamlined cross-border transaction processes, along with other key ...

Botswana has lifted its ban on fresh vegetable imports from South Africa after it struggled to meet local demand solely from domestic production. The ban, imposed in 2022, was lifted in two phases — ...

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In early December 2024, media headlines painted the picture: ‘Young campaigners win landmark climate case to stop new coal power in South Africa’; ‘Judgment bars government f ...

Botswana lifts ban on fresh produce from South Africa (The Mail & Guardian) Botswana has lifted its ban on fresh vegetable imports from South Africa after it struggled to meet ...