A new UN convention on tax?
Developing nations are hoping to secure greater power over global tax affairs at a critical United Nations vote in New York. The draft resolution calls on members to agree to lay the…
Read MoreTrade Figures – All Good News from the WTO
Trade growth is likely to slow in the closing months of 2022 and into 2023, according to the latest WTO Goods Trade Barometer released on 28 November, as the global…
Read MoreMiscellaneous
WTO’s JSI Continues Its Work on Ecommerce The World Trade Organisation’s eCommerce Committee (JSI – don’t you love acronyms, especially when they don’t relate to the subject at hand!) plans…
Read MoreElon Musk’s Words of Advice
Twitter under Elon Musk’s rule may well change – we will have to wait and see, and we look forward to reporting on the changes as and when they become…
Read MoreThe AfCFTA Protocol on Digital Trade and the SADC Trade in Services Negotiations
November saw the circulation of an AfCFTA Secretariat paper to the Member States entitled “Key Elements for the Development of the AfCFTA Protocol on Digital Trade”, and, during the week…
Read MoreCross-Border eCommerce
EFSA was delighted to support a TCI conference on cross-border ecommerce on 16-17 November. Over 60 delegates heard from the chief South African negotiator for trade in services (ecommerce is…
Read MoreOpportunities, Events and Publications
Pan-African Youth Forum Will be held from 1-3 Nov. For more information – https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZItfu2hqTMsHdDUYFoevNRqpCXaQGlDLJpc CANEX WKND CANEX WKND, the annual creative and artistic fair for Africa is taking place in the Cote d’Ivoire from…
Read MoreLastly, The Latest Victim of Theft
Wigs and hair extensions imports are increasingly becoming prone to cargo theft and hijackings once they reach SA, and are becoming one of the most insured goods likely to be…
Read MoreNews on Data Privacy in Kenya and SA
The Kenyan Office of the Data Protection Commissioner (ODPC)’s powers were strengthen by the 2021 Data Protection (Complaints Handling and Enforcement Procedures) Regulations, which set down the complaints mechanisms and remedies for data…
Read MoreAfrica is emerging as a major apparel producing and supplying hub in the world.
According to experts at the Asian Sustainable Textile Summit last month, textile manufacturing is shifting from Asia to Africa due to cost saturation in Asia. Apparel exports from Africa crossed…
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