South African President Cyril Ramaphosa delivered the State of the Nation Address yesterday in Parliament, setting out his government’s priorities for 2026 and emphasising the country’s commitment to ...

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 ...

tralac is hosting a Regional Roundtable for the Diplomatic Community in Cape Town on 11 February 2026 (08:30 - 11:30). By invitation only. If you are interested to attend, please contact This email ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

In Ethiopia’s case, such outflows have been linked to as much as 10-30 percent of government revenue losses and can subtract up to 2.2 percent from annual GDP growth, stark reminders of the scale of ...

South African businesses have been encouraged to take advantage of tariff savings and market access under the Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) with the UK, as the agreement reaches its fifth ...