World Trade Organisation

Corporate control of seeds hurts Africa

Article Busiso Moyo & Nokutula Mhene - 13 Sep 2019

Governments don’t protect plant genetic resources, resulting in biodiversity destruction and growers dependent on seeds supplied by firms

Ready or not? Britain’s ‘no deal’ planning

Article Agency - 27 Mar 2019

Ahead of April 12, Britain has begun to put plans into place to cushion their potential push out of the European Union

UK minister breaks ranks with no-deal Brexit warning

Article James Pheby - 10 Jan 2019

Greg Clark's comments contradicted official government policy of not ruling out a no-deal Brexit

Identity politics is about our quest for recognition

Article Staff Reporter - 4 Jan 2019

The rapid changes in the political and economic landscape have seen people around the world losing their sense of dignity and thus their identity

Trade war: Signs of progress in US-China talks

Article Heather Scott - 16 Dec 2018

The whole world is watching the talks between Washington and Beijing, hoping a 90-day tariff truce will hold

Why Nigeria had good reasons to delay signing Africa’s free trade deal

Article Staff Reporter - 29 Jul 2018

The African Continental Free Trade Agreement promises to redefine relations among African states and beyond

US-led trade war a threat to multilateralism — Davies

Article Thulebona Mhlanga - 25 Jul 2018

BRICS countries are working on mitigating the impact of a trade war

EU’s Juncker in last-ditch bid to end Trump trade war

Article bogdan TagDiv - 23 Jul 2018

At stake is a White House threat to slap a daunting wave of tariffs on European auto exports to the US

Switzerland challenges US tariffs at WTO

Article Agency - 10 Jul 2018

The Swiss economic affairs ministry says it has formally asked the US for "consultations" over tariffs of 25% on steel and 10% on aluminium

A global trade war is no joke

Article Lynley Donnelly - 15 Jun 2018

Emerging economies such as South Africa’s are put under pressure when infighting among the big players slows down global trade

World watches US-China trade spat

Article Staff Reporter - 13 Apr 2018

There may be positive spin-offs for countries like South Africa but the overall global effect will be negative

Trump angers China and South Korea with new trade tariffs

Article Agency - 23 Jan 2018

The new tariffs will cause the loss of about 23 000 American jobs and the cancellation or delay of billions of dollars in solar investment

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Paddy Harper - 25 Feb 2020

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Response to the report of the independent assessors

IT Web - 17 Feb 2020

VUT welcomes the publishing of the report of the independent assessors to investigate concerns of poor governance, leadership, management, corruption and fraud at the university.