Botswana Is In A Quandary Over EPAs

PALAPYE: A Senior Research Fellow at the Botswana Institution of Development Policy Analysis (BIDPA) Dr Joel Sentsho says he hopes current negotiations on the Economic Partnership Agreements (EPAs) will yield something positive for Botswana.

"For the past two weeks, the negotiations have been in Brussels," Sentsho said. "I hope there will be something that will not affect our trade (negatively)."

Botswana and other countries in the African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) region are currently locked in intense negotiations with the European Union (EU) over reciprocal trade agreements in line with the World Trade Organisation (WTO) rules.

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