South Africa must get ready for an inevitable loosening of trade ties with the US: Economic cooperation is the linchpin of the US-SA bilateral relationship. ShutterstockIn six months’ time the world’s gaze will be trained on what is gearing up to be a contentious and hotly contested presidential election in the US. Irrespective of who emerges victorious between the incumbent … [Read more...] about South Africa must get ready for an inevitable loosening of trade ties with the US | The Conversation
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How a post-COVID-19 revival could kickstart Africa’s free trade area | The Conversation
How a post-COVID-19 revival could kickstart Africa's free trade area: Africa's dependency on commodity exports, including oil, makes it more vulnerable to the impact of COVID-19. Getty ImagesThe African Continental Free Trade Area was launched two years ago at an African Union (AU) summit in Kigali. It was scheduled to be implemented from 1 July 2020. But this has been … [Read more...] about How a post-COVID-19 revival could kickstart Africa’s free trade area | The Conversation
Covid-19 pandemic is the perfect time to learn to trade
Covid-19 pandemic is the perfect time to learn to trade: Covid-19 pandemic is the perfect time to learn to trade There is hardly a country in the world that aren’t reeling from the devastating effect of the Coronavirus pandemic. People’s biggest concerns now are twofold – that they or their loved ones will contract the virus and the question on mostly everyone’s lips: … [Read more...] about Covid-19 pandemic is the perfect time to learn to trade
The lucrative trade in African primates threatens their survival | The Conversation
The lucrative trade in African primates threatens their survival: Barbary macaque and its trainer in Marrakesh square (Jemaa El Fnaa), Morocco Ilias Kouroudis/ShutterstockThe trade in African primates is a hugely lucrative business. Every year it involves hundreds of thousands of animals and threatens the survival of wild populations. Marilyn Norconk explains why this is big … [Read more...] about The lucrative trade in African primates threatens their survival | The Conversation
The highs and lows of the opium trade in southern Africa | The Conversation
The highs and lows of the opium trade in southern Africa: ShutterstockThe reach of European empires and of Indian Ocean trade networks drew southern Africa into the global politics of opium around the turn of the twentieth century. Between the late 1880s and early 1920s and there was a shift from economies of supply to regimes of control. The … [Read more...] about The highs and lows of the opium trade in southern Africa | The Conversation
