Development through Trade: Economic Partnership Agreements
FOR the past five years the EU and its former colonies in the African, Caribbean, and Pacific (ACP) group have locked horns in potentially far-reaching trade and development negotiations.
EPAs can succeed if negotiated in good faith
THE European Union (EU) recently injected new life into the Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) talks between itself and six groups of African Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) countries, which seemed to be a sure disaster waiting to happen.
Development through Trade: SA not attractive to Indian investment?
INDIAN interest in the South African economy is growing apace. Planned investments by Indian companies in SA over the coming years reportedly add up to billions of rands.
Development through Trade: Sixth AGOA Forum
HIGH-ranking officials, including US Trade Representative Susan Schwab, and representatives from African countries that are beneficiaries of the Africa Growth and Opportunity Act (Agoa), descended on the Ghanaian capital Accra to attend the Sixth Agoa Forum on July 18-19.
Rival crews can both steer by the star of competition
IT IS right that there should be a healthy debate about industrial and trade policy in SA.
Multilateralising Regionalism: Implications for Africa
The quickest way to empty a room is to mention the WTO’s Doha Round of multilateral trade negotiations.
Development through Trade: the Southern African Development Community
THE Southern African Development Community (SADC) is not sexy. The media only takes an interest in it when trade negotiations with the European Union hit (another) snag, or when it is time for SADC heads of state to meet. Even then attention spans generally do not extend beyond the SADC’s messy politics.
South Africa Taking Advantage of Improved Trade Conditions
August 2006
Africa’s Pablos and Political Entrepreneurs
Culminating from a three-year research project, this book looks at the links between war and organised crime.
People, States and Regions – Building a Collaborative Security Regime in Southern Africa
This book assesses the achievements of Southern African security integration in a comparative perspective. Edited by Dr Anne Hammerstad, it highlights some of the main challenges facing SADC and suggests some potential ways they could be overcome by learning from other regional initiatives.