World Tariff Profiles 2026 is a joint publication of the WTO, the International Trade Centre (ITC), and UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD).

Modern infrastructure alone will not unlock Africa’s trade potential, with smarter border systems, digital integration and regional collaboration equally important for improving cross-border trade, ...

South Africa will host the 9th SACU Summit of Heads of State or Government on 26 June 2026 in Cape Town. Mlumbi-Peter said SACU’s future growth would increasingly depend on its ability to move beyond ...

Registration to the tralac website is required to download publications. This Trade Brief brings together four recent research contributions from tralac on Africa’s ...

Evidence from firm-level survey data on barriers to regional trade participation reveals that among women-led non-users of AfCFTA preferences, the main reason is simply not knowing that the Agreement ...

Just 11% of South African goods exports are women-driven. This share has been shrinking over the past 20 years as historically male-intensive sectors have grown while female-intensive sectors have ...

Registration to the tralac website is required to download publications. On 3 February 2026, President Trump signed a short-term extension of AGOA into law, extending ...

Registration to the tralac website is required to download publications. Global developments in the past year continue to disrupt the world and alter the ...

US President Donald Trump signed legislation on Tuesday to revive and extend the African Growth and Opportunity Act (Agoa) for a year. Eckard Naumann, independent economist and associate of ...

Registration to the tralac website is required to download publications. The AfCFTA Protocol on Women and Youth in Trade is an international legal instrument and an ...

South Africa’s commodity boom set to spill into wider economy (Engineering News) South Africa‘s commodity windfall is expected to seep into the broader economy, boosting banks, retailers and property ...

South Africa’s cabinet approved an Integrated Resources Plan (IRP 2025) in mid-October. The masterplan for the country’s energy development going forward contains some astounding numbers. The IRP ...