The political fallout from Trump’s reciprocal tariff regime has wider ramifications. Arrangements that were formed during ...

The recently announced US trade measures are the actions of a particular politician with a unique vision about the US’s global role. He is the duly elected President of the United States of America, ...

The Trump administration called these measures “reciprocal”, asserting they mirrored and counteracted trade barriers faced by US exports. On 31 July, President Trump signed another Executive Order ...

What is a tariff? A tariff is simply a tax on imports, which is charged at the border when the imported goods enter the tariff-imposing country. The answer to ‘who pays the tariff?’ is a little more ...

The fact that the G20 meeting of finance ministers and central bank governors was able to release a joint statement after the ...

South Africa’s state-owned electricity company, Eskom, is trying to protect its monopoly in the face of the envisaged transition to a liberalised energy market. The utility has gone to the Gauteng ...

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South Africa, long regarded as the continent’s most advanced economy, is moving decisively to counter the fallout from Washington’s latest tariff measures by turning to Beijing for new trade ...

New online tracker provides updated dashboard of South Africa’s reform progress (Engineering News) Business Leadership South Africa (BLSA) has officially launched a free online platform that provides ...

As South Africa continues to scramble in search of alternative markets after the US slapped 30% tariffs on South African goods, the Minister of Agriculture, John Steenhuisen, has revealed that a new ...

The realisation of a single, integrated African market in financial services hinges on the effective implementation of the emerging regulatory framework for financial services and the existing ...

In 2023, Tanzanian sisal fibre producers started to export under the AfCFTA’s Guided Trade Initiative (GTI). This Trade Brief highlights the initial challenges faced by Tanzanian sisal fibre exporters ...