Botswana in mixed views over WTO talks failure

Responding to questions from Business Week, the deputy permanent secretary responsible for Trade in the Ministry of Trade and Industry, Kedibonye Laletsang, said in as far as the proposed tariff liberalisation would have benefited importers and consumers, the delay in concluding the negotiations represents an opportunity cost.

Botswana's embassy officials in Geneva represented the country at the talks. If all the modalities of the Non-Agricultural Market Access (NAMA) and Agriculture were agreed, they would be applied to cut the tariffs on the majority of products traded by member states.