The House of Representatives approved the three-year extension of the African Growth and Opportunity Act, which expired in September, by 340 votes to 54 on January 12. The legislation, which grants ...

A coalition of exporters, importers and traders has kicked against plans by the Ghana Shippers’ Authority (GSA) to make the Smart Port Note (SPN) mandatory from February 1, 2026, warning that the ...

The US House of Representatives has passed a three-year extension of the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA), offering a potential lifeline for the US’s flagship trade initiative with the ...

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

SA–China trade gap widens as Chinese vehicle imports surge (EWN) Recent trade data shows vehicle imports from China rising sharply over the past year, as Chinese automakers expa ...

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 ...

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 ...

On the same day he was inaugurated as the 47th President of the United States of America (on 20 January 2025) the White House published a Memorandum directed at the top federal institutions on the ...

Remittances, from wealthier countries to low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), account for far larger financial flows than either Official Development Assistance (ODA) or Foreign Direct Investment ...

Registration to the tralac website is required to download publications. Cross-border trade is a source of income and livelihoods for thousands of Africans. Over 70% ...

Registration to the tralac website is required to download publications. In November 2023, following the conclusion of the annual AGOA Forum in South Africa, US ...