SADC finally signs EU trade deal

Molosiwa
Molosiwa

After 10 years of negotiations, the Southern African Development Countries (SADC) has initialed an Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) with the European Union, beating an October 1 deadline.

The deal will now grant Botswana and six other member states in the SADC bloc duty and quota free access to the EU market.

The coordinator of the seven SADC–EPA members, Banny Molosiwa revealed this last week at a two day SADC trade and finance and investment meeting held in Gaborone.

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