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Implementation of safeguard measures in digital trade to protect African domestic industries and platforms
Thesis (LLD)--University of Pretoria, 2025.
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| spelling | oai:repository.up.ac.za:2263/101154 Implementation of safeguard measures in digital trade to protect African domestic industries and platforms Brink, Gustav u19383232@tuks.co.za Rotich, Nelly Chepngetich UCTD Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) International trade Digital trade Thesis (LLD)--University of Pretoria, 2025. As technology continues to advance, more trade is moving online. The increase in digital trade brings with it both opportunities and challenges in the international trade field. The increase in digital trade could for instance result in a spike in digital trade imports which may subsequently cause or threaten to cause serious injury to domestic industries and platforms dealing in like or directly substitutable digital data/content and services. This would necessitate the application of safeguard measures to avert any such serious injury or threat to serious injury caused to the domestic industries and platforms. The procedure for applying safeguard measures to digital trade currently is unclear. The current legal framework on safeguard measures does not apply to digital trade despite increased digital trade over the years. Thus, this study explores the prospects and practical challenges relating to safeguard measures’ application to digital trade with a specific focus on African domestic industries and platforms. While domestic industries and platforms in any part of the world could be affected by surges in digital trade imports, Africa is in a precarious position. Intra-Africa digital trade volumes could be increased and disadvantages of African domestic industries and platforms by surges in digital trade imports could be prevented through regulation and judicious use of safeguard measures. This study established the need to regulate to tap into the potential of digital trade and prevent African industries and platforms from falling behind and from the disadvantage of market dominance by big techs from outside Africa. In conclusion, the study noted legal and institutional gaps in the application of safeguard measures to digital trade. The study has recommended that specific institutions at the global, continental and national levels take necessary actions to build a clear and robust framework for safeguard measures in digital trade. Mercantile Law PhD (Law) Unrestricted Faculty of Laws SDG-09: Industry, innovation and infrastructure 2025-02-22T10:45:36Z 2025-02-22T10:45:36Z 2025-04 2025-02 Thesis * A2025 http://hdl.handle.net/2263/101154 Disclaimer Letter en © 2023 University of Pretoria. All rights reserved. The copyright in this work vests in the University of Pretoria. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, without the prior written permission of the University of Pretoria. application/pdf University of Pretoria |
| spellingShingle | UCTD Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) International trade Digital trade Implementation of safeguard measures in digital trade to protect African domestic industries and platforms |
| title | Implementation of safeguard measures in digital trade to protect African domestic industries and platforms |
| title_full | Implementation of safeguard measures in digital trade to protect African domestic industries and platforms |
| title_fullStr | Implementation of safeguard measures in digital trade to protect African domestic industries and platforms |
| title_full_unstemmed | Implementation of safeguard measures in digital trade to protect African domestic industries and platforms |
| title_short | Implementation of safeguard measures in digital trade to protect African domestic industries and platforms |
| title_sort | implementation of safeguard measures in digital trade to protect african domestic industries and platforms |
| topic | UCTD Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) International trade Digital trade |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/2263/101154 |