Canada US Auto Tariffs Explained for 2026
Canada US auto tariffs now reach 25% on non-US content, reshaping a C$4 billion integrated industry and 27,000 Canadian jobs...
October 12, 2026Topic
trade policy
US Makes Uganda First Test of Trade Over Aid Push With US$1.2 Billion Plan
Uganda is the first test of Washington's Trade Over Aid push: a US$1.2 billion tourism and coffee pipeline pitched in...
September 30, 2026
Zambia Weighs Cutting Gold VAT to Bring Small-Scale Miners Into the Formal Market
Zambia is weighing a cut to the 16 percent gold VAT to bring artisanal and small-scale miners into formal trading,...
September 17, 2026
Kenya Sugar Protection Lapses and Nairobi Looks Again
Kenya’s COMESA sugar safeguard expired on 30 November 2025 after 24 years. The East African reports Nairobi is now exploring...
September 16, 2026
Tanzania Cotton Farmers Say One Buyer Turns Up. The Prime Minister Has Given the Ministry a Month.
Thirty years after the trade was opened to competition, growers in the northwest say they face one buyer. The government...
September 14, 2026
South African Farm Groups Urge BRICS to Remove Agricultural Trade Barriers
BRICS agricultural trade underperforms, say AgriSA and Agbiz: South African farm exports to the bloc were only US$1.1 billion in...
September 11, 2026
Libya Will Stop Clearing Trade Goods That Never Passed Through a Bank
A Libya import ban on trade goods paid for outside official banking channels takes effect on 30 September under decision...
September 8, 2026
Lesotho Got Its Duty-Free Access Back. The Clock Is Still Running
Lesotho AGOA access is restored after a stopgap US tariff expired in July, and Congress has now voted to extend...
September 4, 2026
Brazil and South Africa Talk Trade as US Tariffs Push Them Together
Brazil South Africa trade deepens after US tariffs hit both: bilateral trade was about US$2bn in 2025, with minerals and...
September 1, 2026