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WTO cases against EU citrus measures move forward

Agro-processing

WTO cases against EU citrus measures move forward

29 Jul 2024

Source: Reuters.

Markets & Investment

Africa proposes WTO chief for second term, document shows

Emma Farge 15 Jul 2024

Source: Reuters.

Taxation & Regulation

South Africa considers complaining to WTO against EU carbon border tax

Wendell Roelf and Kate Abnett 23 May 2024

Taxation & Regulation

EU carbon price on imports ‘violates’ WTO rules, says Patel as SA heads for clash with bloc

Peter Fabricius 20 May 2024

SA challenges EU citrus regulations for second time

Agriculture

SA challenges EU citrus regulations for second time

Nelson Banya 25 Apr 2024

SA takes WTO action against EU's citrus regulations

Agriculture

SA takes WTO action against EU's citrus regulations

16 Apr 2024

Source: Reuters.

Markets & Investment

WTO hits road block over advancing dispute reform talks

Emma Farge 22 Mar 2024

Source: Centre for International Governance Innovation.

Markets & Investment

India, South Africa block major investment deal at WTO talks

Rachna Uppal and Emma Farge 29 Feb 2024

Ghana wants to make importing food like rice and tomatoes more costly: expert explains why it’s a bad idea

Import/Export

Ghana wants to make importing food like rice and tomatoes more costly: expert explains why it’s a bad idea

Sylvanus Kwaku Afesorgbor 23 Jan 2024

Source: Reuters.

Economy

Africa-US trade programme needs at least 10-year extension, AU says

Joe Bavier 3 Nov 2023

Image source: Jakub Jirsák –

IP Law

What is happening in Africa's IP landscape

Marco Vatta and Megan Dinnie 14 Apr 2023

Covid-19

Africa's reliance on imported Covid-19 test kits threatens right to health

1 Feb 2023

Climate change framed as battle for survival at COP27

Climate Change

Climate change framed as battle for survival at COP27

William James, Valerie Volcovici and Simon Jessop 8 Nov 2022

PMI event sponsorship "tantamount to tobacco advertising" - civil society orgs

Retail Marketing

PMI event sponsorship "tantamount to tobacco advertising" - civil society orgs

7 Nov 2022

Government lodges WTO dispute to address EU measures affecting citrus imports from SA

Agro-processing

Government lodges WTO dispute to address EU measures affecting citrus imports from SA

29 Jul 2022

Source: Supplied. World Trade Organization Director-General Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala (centre) at the recent WTO Ministerial meeting - at the MC12 Closing Press Conference, 17 June 2022.

Markets & Investment

Understanding the WTO Ministerial Meeting: What just happened and what's next?

Sean Doherty and Aditi Sara Verghese 24 Jun 2022

Covid-19

Biovac gears up to manufacture Pfizer vaccine

6 Dec 2021

FMCG

'Upcycling' promises to turn food waste into your next meal

Rodney Holcomb and Danielle Bellmer 28 Jul 2021

Feeding Africa from Africa: Smallholder farmers to leverage on AfCFTA

Agribusiness

Feeding Africa from Africa: Smallholder farmers to leverage on AfCFTA

Busani Bafana 14 Jun 2021

International aid to Africa needs an overhaul. Tips on what needs to change

CSI & Philanthropy

International aid to Africa needs an overhaul. Tips on what needs to change

Tigist Mekonnen Melesse 18 May 2021

Global agriculture trade remains steady through pandemic

Agribusiness

Global agriculture trade remains steady through pandemic

Jaclyn Krymowski 11 Dec 2020

ARC aims to free Southern Africa from the fruit fly

Sustainable Farming

ARC aims to free Southern Africa from the fruit fly

4 Sep 2020

By H18 Upliftment, CC BY-SA 4.0,

Inclusion, Empowerment & Social Justice

5 ways coronavirus is deepening global inequality

Kunal Sen 19 Aug 2020

Africa's coffee farmers are losing $1.47bn a year to exploitative pricing

Agro-processing

Africa's coffee farmers are losing $1.47bn a year to exploitative pricing

30 Jul 2020

How a global ocean treaty could protect biodiversity in the high seas

Environment & Natural Resources

How a global ocean treaty could protect biodiversity in the high seas

Jennifer Silver, Leslie Acton, Lisa Campbell, Noella Gray 5 Jun 2020

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Agro-processing

Rooibos retains GI protection status in the UK

12 Mar 2020

Agro-processing

Groundnut import tariffs: A perilous junction

21 Feb 2020

Putting trade to work to balance agriculture and environmental factors

Food Security

Putting trade to work to balance agriculture and environmental factors

20 Jan 2020

Marketing

Teaching trade: the importance of empowering the female entrepreneur

Louise Burgers 17 Dec 2019

Global trade's growth rate may have slowed due to trade rows

SMEs

Global trade's growth rate may have slowed due to trade rows

Tim Bowler 24 Oct 2019

Trading while caring for people and planet

Import/Export

Trading while caring for people and planet

Richards Munang and Robert Mgendi 22 Oct 2018

Impact of food safety compliance on growth of food and beverage business

Health & Safety

Impact of food safety compliance on growth of food and beverage business

Roy Kirby 11 Apr 2018

ATIGS 2018 and the Sustainable Development Goals

Events & Conferencing

ATIGS 2018 and the Sustainable Development Goals

4 Dec 2017

Kenya launches trade portal

Digital

Kenya launches trade portal

27 Nov 2017

Report encourages intra-African trade

Publishing

Report encourages intra-African trade

28 Jul 2017

Developing countries urged to set international food standards

Regulatory

Developing countries urged to set international food standards

19 Jul 2017

DanielWanke via

Fishing

Keeping track of fish from sea to plate to keep illegally caught fish off store shelves

13 Apr 2017

Here's a better way to regulate carbon – and change the tired environment-versus-economy debate

Climate Change

Here's a better way to regulate carbon – and change the tired environment-versus-economy debate

Nives Dolsak and Aseem Prakash 1 Feb 2017

Marketing

Why has Africa failed to industrialise?

Masimba Tafirenyika 21 Nov 2016

Agro-processing

Smoking and sustainability: tobacco farming in Southern Africa

Professor Andreas Freytag 18 Nov 2016

How China came in from the cold to help set up Antarctica's vast new marine park

Environment & Natural Resources

How China came in from the cold to help set up Antarctica's vast new marine park

Nengye Liu 2 Nov 2016

Marketing

African trade integration needed to create jobs

12 Oct 2016

Stephen Morrison/Africa Practice for AusAID via

Food Security

Affordable food prices vs small-scale farmer livelihoods

4 Oct 2016

Potential compliance issues of new mining charter

Legislation

Potential compliance issues of new mining charter

Jackwell Feris 28 Jun 2016

Import/export container market to contract by 5%

Logistics & Transport

Import/export container market to contract by 5%

18 Mar 2016

China replaces rare earth quotas with export permits

Import/Export

China replaces rare earth quotas with export permits

5 Jan 2015

G20: Africa's growth can stabilise the world economy

Markets & Investment

G20: Africa's growth can stabilise the world economy

Sulaiman Philip 29 Jul 2014

Food Crisis

WTO 'must address' food security

23 Dec 2011

Marketing

African States look to seize economic opportunities from outsourcing

9 Nov 2007

Import/Export

Proposed British ban on organic imports to affect African suppliers

17 Sep 2007