America wants Agoa. Does it still want South Africa?
Joburg’s tariff increases gravely undermine the Bank’s efforts to rein in inflation, and compound the misery of higher interest rates
Itac’s tariff investigations now take years, not months. Companies are giving up on a system too slow, too opaque and too discretionary to trust
Will China’s tariff-free trade policy with Africa simply reinforce existing trade imbalances without changing the structure of trade?
Donald Trump has upended global trade. But while the US may be an important agricultural market for South Africa, but it is not the only one.
‘I wish I was a gold miner at the moment,’ says Sappi CEO Steve Binnie, who still sees a brighter future for the company’s textile-friendly products
The jobs crisis worsens as factories shut and imports rise. Only urgent reforms in infrastructure, logistics and governance can halt the decline
A US federal appeals court has ruled Trump’s ‘reciprocal’ tariffs are illegal. The decision will throw the US’s trading partners into disarray
Eskom’s tariff bombshell highlights the seeming thumb-suck of how electricity prices are calculated, as well as the utility’s indifference to the cost pressures facing its…
Mark your calendar – here’s the political and economic news to watch out for in the days to come
US tariffs, EU carbon costs and rising imports threaten South Africa’s auto industry. Can government save jobs?
Trump’s Africa tariffs – already based on dodgy economics – seem pointless and cruel given the amount of Africa-US trade
The packaging group is far less pessimistic about US tariffs than you might think – thanks in part to smart operators in the local farming sector
Mark your calendar – here’s the political and economic news to watch out for in the days to come
Last-ditch efforts to strike a tariff deal with the US have failed. That won’t bring the economy to its knees, but it will hurt some sectors
What a schoolboy dust-up has to say about the US president and his looming tariffs
As US tariffs loom, Eastern Cape auto workers fear layoffs, rising crime and economic ruin
Mark your calendar – here’s the political and economic news to watch out for in the days to come
Mark your calendar – here’s the political and economic news to watch out for in the days to come
There’s no taco trade in the copper market, where Trump’s looming tariffs will worsen a global supply crunch
