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    Saudi Arabia as an emerging market: commercial opportunities and challenges for South Africa

    South African Institute of International Affairs, 2010
    Saudi Arabia is a country on the rise with its sights set on full integration into the global economy. Since the late 1990s, Saudi policymakers have made a concerted effort to reform the country’s economy, and to position it as an investment destination and an important player in the global economy.
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    South African trade policy and the future global trading environment

    South African Institute of International Affairs, 2012
    Trade policy has a key role to play in South Africa’s growth strategy. If it is to meet the aspirations of its people for higher incomes and increased employment opportunities, the South African economy needs to expand at an average rate of at least 6% a year.
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    Goodwill and hard bargains: The DRC, China and India

    South African Institute of International Affairs, 2012
    The economic and political engagement of China and India with the African continent is growing, but the complex dynamics of this engagement, particularly at country-specific level, remain under-researched.
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    A 21st Century scramble: South Africa, China and the rare earth metals industry

    2012
    This paper analyses the peculiar structure of the rare earth elements (REE) industry, a sector dominated by China, and the global implications of current upheavals within the sector, especially as they concern South Africa’s (re)emerging rare earths production. REEs are a hitherto obscure group of metals that have now assumed global significance.
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    Hong Kong - South Africa’s gateway to China

    2012
    South Africa has responded to the rise of East Asia by building new commercial links with the region, especially with China. South Africa has sought to build a strategic partnership with the Asian giant in the hope of securing a key political ally and an economic development partner.
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    Working for development in Southern Africa: bridging the gap between government and business

    South African Institute of International Affairs, 2011
    Since 1994 Southern Africa in particular has witnessed an expansion of South African corporate activity.
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    Dreaming out loud: implications of a Doha end-game for South Africa

    South African Institute of International Affairs, 2011
    In November 2011, the Doha Round will be in its tenth year. Efforts continue in Geneva to conclude the negotiations but with no sign of agreement anytime soon. The talks have essentially been stuck since the last draft modalities of 2008, and no agreement seems close in the three key negotiating areas of agriculture, non-agricultural market access (NAMA) and services.
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    Southern and Eastern Africa, the Doha agenda and aid for trade

    South African Institute of International Affairs, 2008
    For many years, the link between trade and development has been recognised in a number of different contexts, including the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) and the World Trade Organisation (WTO), as well as in some bilateral co-operation agreements such as that between the European Union (EU) and African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) countries. The exact nature of
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    South Africa's current account deficit: are proposed cures worse than the disease?

    South African Institute of International Affairs, 2008
    Each time the domestic trade balance shows a deficit, the policy discussion becomes very emotional. Normally discussions are driven by a strong mercantilist bias: trade surpluses are seen as a benefit to the country and they are claimed to be caused by own competitiveness.
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    The BRICS Summit 2013: key asks and priorities

    Oxfam India, 2013
    During the last decade, with the rise of emerging economies and their growing interest in Africa, the role of the BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) countries has been widely debated and scrutinised. It is against this backdrop that there has been a real need for the BRICS countries to demonstrate a difference in its approach from the West.

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