US tariff policy since early 2025 has shifted repeatedly in recent times, resulting in significant global uncertainty and unsettling established trade relations and value chains under a rules-based ...

How is the average Ghanaian’s daily ‘bread and butter’ better because of these positives?” Professor Osei said the country’s next phase of economic policy should focus on creating jobs rather than ...

Three changes reach US import tariffs in the space of four days. On 22 July the Section 301 tariff on Brazil entered force; on 24 July the temporary Section 122 surcharge lapsed and a Section 301 ...

Trading under the AfCFTA. tralac is currently in Douala running a training program for Cameroon’s women and youth traders. We ...

South Africa recorded a preliminary trade balance surplus of R17.8 billion in June 2026. This surplus was attributable to exports of R193.6 billion and imports of R175.8 billion, inclusive of trade ...

Government leaders, policymakers, business representatives and industry stakeholders from across Southern Africa have gathered at the Durban International Convention Centre for the 9th SADC ...

South Africa will continue to engage with the United States in an effort to reduce or remove the latest tariffs imposed by Washington. However, it made it clear that it will not abandon key domestic ...

SA Exporters Score Big, Secure Trade Leads in Angola (the dtic) As the curtain comes down on the Feira Internacional de Angola (FILDA), which took place in Luanda from 21 to 26 July 2026, the South ...

Trade Mis-Invoicing Cost Ethiopia 24.6 Billion US Dollars Over a Decade, AfDB Says (Birr Metrics) Ethiopia lost an estimated 24.6 billion US dollars through trade mis-invoicing be... South Africa: ...

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

Edwini Kessie is Director of the Agriculture and Commodities Division at the World Trade Organisation (WTO). He has been affiliated with the WTO since January 1995. Kessie has participated in many ...