Now that the news of the UK’s intention to leave the European Union has begun to sink in around the world, many questions are circulating about the likely nature and timing of the split, and the impact of Brexit on global and regional dynamics.
The political and economic developments in Zimbabwe remain of significance to South Africa as an immediate neighbour, as well as to an economically interdependent SADC region. The risk of ‘beggar-my-neighbour’ policies has risen. This research…
As production becomes increasingly dispersed around the world with the growing allegiance to regional and global value chains (R/GVCs), many countries are under pressure to rethink their industrial and trade policies. Aligning industrial and trade…
This paper aims to address some of South Africa’s shortcomings in its services trade by presenting a broad strategy that provides an overarching framework for South Africa’s trade activities in the services arena. The paper places particular…
Oman’s fish exports to the EU have been experiencing a declining trend since mid-2000s. This paper investigates whether the SPS measures adopted by the EU affect Oman’s fish exports to European markets. The results obtained from the dynamic…
The objective of this paper is to evaluate whether using financial instruments such as commodity hedging using futures and options would help Oman to improve risk management in wheat imports. Around 61% of wheat imports by Oman during the period…
L’export au service de la transformation structurelle au Maroc : Quel rôle pour l’aide au commerce ?
L’export au service de la transformation structurelle au Maroc :
Quel rôle pour l’aide au commerce ?
Azeddine Ghoufrane
Nabil Boubrahimi
Marouane Raïssi
Trade facilitation by way of simplifying trade procedures has long been worked by various international organizations. After the World Trade Organization reached its Trade Facilitation Agreement (TFA), enforcing the agreed-upon trade facilitation…
Despite resiliency in meeting challenges of past and recent economic crises as well as major natural disasters (Arfani and Hapsari 2013), Indonesia’s export-oriented small and medium enterprises (SMEs) —such as the ones forming the three clusters in…
The Pacific Alliance (PA) has become one of the main regional integration schemes in Latin America, with a discourse focused on actions, where trade facilitation is one of the most important elements in the work agenda. In this sense, the…