EU praises Botswana
source: Sunday Standard
by Prof Malema
20.04.2008 10:15:01 A
Evanos Casella, the European Commission chief negotiator in the ongoing SADC- EU economic partnership agreement, poured praises on Botswana for showing strong leadership ahead of the second round of negations which start next month.
The EU and its trading partners from the Africa Caribbean and Pacific countries are engaged in marathon negotiations aimed at formalizing their trade agreement to comply with the Geneva-based World Trade Organisation.
The new development will replace the old trade agreement which guaranteed the 78 poor ACP countries access to the EU markets without any reciprocity. Further, the asymmetric agreement will ensure that goods from ACP countries enter the EU markets duty free.
“Botswana has shown strong leadership in these negotiations. It is one of the first countries from [continue reading]
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