Chris Hattingh
Chris Hattingh is Executive Director at the Centre for Risk Analysis. He is a passionate advocate for free markets and free minds. He holds an MPhil degree from Stellenbosch University and is a member of the advisory council of the Initiative for African Trade and Prosperity, as well as a Senior Fellow at African Liberty.
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The fly in the MTBPS ointment
- By Chris Hattingh
- . Nov 23, 2025
South Africa’s economy is not growing fast enough. This is the key take-away from the 2025 Medium Term Budget Policy Statement (MTBPS) delivered last Wednesday
The ongoing tariff dance
- By Chris Hattingh
- . Jul 17, 2025
Tariff threats have proved a favourite tool of US President Donald Trump as his administration continues to rework US trading relationships and the global trade
SA dithers while global trade shifts
- By Chris Hattingh
- . Jun 19, 2025
Amidst the US-generated trade turmoil, Chinese president Xi Jinping announced last week that “zero-tariff treatment for 100% tariff lines” would be accorded to all 53
SA’s once-in-a-century opportunity
- By Chris Hattingh
- . May 20, 2025
For a country as reliant on trade and investment from the US and European countries as South Africa, the government’s focus on ideology and past
SA’s Goldilocks moment?
- By Chris Hattingh
- . Apr 25, 2025
While stating the global economy is at a “critical juncture,” in its latest World Economic Outlook the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has slashed its global
A view from Washington, DC
- By Chris Hattingh
- . Mar 27, 2025
While walking from one briefing to the next in Washington, DC, last week, I received a notification from South Africa’s favourite app. EskomSePush told me
AGOA, going, gone
- By Chris Hattingh
- . Feb 20, 2025
In a 13 February executive order (EO), ‘Reciprocal Trade and Tariffs’,US president Donald Trump puts forth a wide-ranging review and proposed change to how the
South Africa’s trade growth opportunity
- By Chris Hattingh
- . Jan 23, 2025
With load-shedding seemingly a thing of the very recent past (load-limiting remains in place, and load-shedding could return when Eskom takes more of the coal
The Transnet imperative
- By Chris Hattingh
- . Nov 28, 2024
Of all the vertically and horizontally integrated freight and ports companies that have existed in the world, Transnet is the last remaining of its kind.
SA not (yet) playing its G20 hand well
- By Chris Hattingh
- . Oct 31, 2024
When South Africa assumes the presidency of the G20 on 1 December, it gains a position that will afford the country, and the Government of