Botswana and other SADC countries sign EPAs without SA

The Minister of Trade and Industry, Neo Moroka was yesterday (Thursday) expected to sign an interim trade pact with the European Union following Botswana's decision, alongside Lesotho, Swaziland and Mozambique to go that route without regional power South Africa, ending stalemated talks.

Information reaching Mmegi is that Moroka, who was in President Ian Khama's delegation to Belgium this week, remained in Brussels to sign the interim deal.

The EU office in Gaborone says the interim EPA was in place but not signed, hence yesterday's signing ceremony which will allow the agreement to be presented to the World Trade Organisation (WTO) for approval and monitoring.

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