The WTO Secretariat reported that Tonga ratified the TFA on 26 January 2026, bringing the total number of ratifications to 162 out of 166 WTO members - nearly 98% of the WTO membership. The Committee ...

On 3 February 2026, President Trump signed a short-term extension of AGOA into law, extending the Act to December 31, 2026, and restoring limited non-reciprocal preferential market access to the US ...

The Mining Indaba has showcased a continental industry in the midst of a significant reset. Mineral-rich African jurisdictions now have options that didn’t exist previously. It is not unfair to ...

The rules-based approach to trade and the functioning of multilateral arrangements appears to have lost much of its allure at a time when a comprehensive consensus about values no longer exists. But ...

Energy transition a matter of survival – President Ramaphosa (SAnews) The climate transition is not only a developmental goal for South Africa, but a matter of survival for huma ...

The 2025 SheGovernsTrade Development Program contributes to tralac’s work to mainstream gender in Africa’s trade policy and governance and complements tralac’s other training and stakeholder ...

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 ...

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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 ...

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