What will happen to South Africa’s trade reform programme should talks collapse entirely? What are the drivers of South Africa’s trade strategy? What should they be? How will the proposed industrial strategy influence decisions made about trade policy? And what might the economic impacts of these be? These questions formed the core of a robust and informative discussion, led by eminent panellists from government, academia and civil society.
Event Materials
- Record of discussion
- Presentation – “The Scope for Unilateral Liberalisation in South Africa”
- Presentation – “South Africa and FTAs”
- Presentation – “How do Southern and Eastern Africa feature in South African Trade Policy?”
Media coverage
- Doha lull ‘gives SA time to finalise policy’ (Business Day, 3 August 2006)
- SA to use WTO suspension window, push for fresh talks (Engineering News Online, 3 August 2006)
- Suspended trade talks give SA more time, says Carim (Business Report, 3 August 2006)
- State aid for sectors ‘may hurt economy’ (Business Day, 4 August 2006)
- SA needs to focus on bilateral trade pacts – researcher (Business Report, 4 August 2006)
