Global trade is on course to exceed $35 trillion in 2025 for the first time, according to UNCTAD’s final Global Trade Update of the year. The new data confirm that trade continued expanding through ...

The Beijing+30 review of the BDPfA in March 2025, paid special attention to several trade-related gaps to ensure women’s full economic empowerment and gender equality in global trade. Much as progress ...

For a long time, Southern Africa’s informal cross-border traders have been moving everything from fresh vegetables, agricultural products to household goods across our borders, contributing ...

The convergence of the automotive and mining value chains is strengthening Africa’s capacity to shift from resource extraction to advanced manufacturing, positioning the continent as an increasingly ...

South Africa’s dairy trade this year continued to be driven by movements into the Southern African Customs Union (SACU), although the latest figures show a gradual shift as exports to non-SACU markets ...

Ms Viola Sawere has over 15 years’ experience in international trade policy, private sector development and multi-stakeholder dialogue. She holds a Master’s degree in Business Administration (MBA) ...

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 ...

Africa has taken a major step in reshaping how it conducts trade with China after South Africa’s Standard Bank became the first African bank to integrate directly with China’s Cross-Border Interbank ...

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 ...

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The 30th Conference of the Parties (COP30) to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) was hosted in Belém, Brazil, from 10 – 21 November 2025. The “COP” is the UNFCCC’s annual gathering ...