The government is on a mission to confront global online retail platforms that use tariff loopholes in South Africa to undermine locally-produced goods and retail stores, says trade & industry minister Ebrahim Patel.
The DA wants the public interest provisions in South Africa's competition law repealed, saying it is being used by the government to politicise mergers and acquisitions.
Reflecting on the Black Industrialists and Exporters Conference hosted by the department of trade industry and competition (DTIC) last week, one is left with mixed feelings.
The Department of Trade, Industry and Competition is pushing to increase steel exports to other African countries, and rooting out customs fraud on imported steel in a bid to avoid the closure of ArcelorMittal SA's long steel operations.