EU deal �sweetest of them all� for SADC

Friday, June 17, 2016

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It took 12 years of grinding negotiations, muted tempers and repressed frustrations, but this week, the European Union and six SADC states signed a deal observers say is the sweetest of the offers made to the region. Having followed the arduous talks for years, Staff Writer, MBONGENI MGUNI reports, as the euphoria settles

On May 19, 2010, having watched the trade talks with the EU drag on with little concession and mounting ‘soft threats’, Namibian president, Hage Geingob had had enough.

Trade negotiations by nature involve all parties smiling to the media and the public, while gritting their teeth behind the scenes, but frustrations had been mounting as the trade talks reached their seventh year without completion.

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