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Niki Kruger
Department of Trade, Industry and Competition of South Africa
Chief Director: Trade Policy and Negotiations
Description
Ms Kruger is a lawyer by training and since January 2012 serving as the Chief Director: Trade Policy and Negotiations in the Trade Branch at Department of Trade, Industry and Competition in South Africa. She is responsible at a technical level for leading South Africa’s international trade and investment negotiations at bilateral, regional and multilateral level including the WTO and G20. She is currently South Africa’s Chief Negotiator for the African Continental Free Trade Area. She is also responsible for the implementation of the Economic Partnership Agreements with the European Union and United Kingdom as well as the free trade agreement with the member states of the European Free Trade Association. Ms Kruger further manages South Africa’s international trade and investment disputes as well as the development of South Africa’s investment legislation, international trade legislation and Intellection Property policy, including the Protection of Investment Act, International Trade Administration Act and new patent legislation.
Prior to her position as Chief Director at the dtic, Ms Kruger was the head of the legal division at the International Trade Administration Commission (ITAC) of South Africa for 8 years. While at ITAC, Ms Kruger managed the development of South Africa’s international trade legislation as well as the Commission’s litigation cases including the first international trade law case that was heard by the Constitutional Court of South Africa.
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