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Peter Draper
Peter Draper works from Adelaide, South Australia. Executive Director, Institute for International Trade, Adelaide University. Trade, political economy, international business. Retweets not = approval. Peter Draper has over 1111 followers on Twitter.
SA must be pragmatic about Brics
Although the Brics offers advantages, it will not always make sense to go along with its decisions, say Peter Draper and Catherine Grant.
Door closing on SA’s gateway status
Cumbersome and politically charged policies harm investment and send it elsewhere.
Economic policy battle lines drawn
How will the government translate its ‘new growth path’ into a sustainable reality?
A backward leap to command economics
Zwelinzima Vavi’s statements of Cosatu’s views on post-Thabo Mbeki economic policy, recently published in the M&G, are of great importance.
Fragments of trade
In late February, a diplomatic flurry in the regional trading firmament erupted. South Africa’s foreign affairs minister stated in Parliament that the European Union, out of fear…
The chill winds of Doha
Time is running out for the World Trade Organisation. Can the WTO’s weary membership go once more into the breach after its most recent failure? The consequences of failing to…