EPA: A window for Botswana to boost exports
Friday, June 17, 2016
The EPA has been under negotiations since 2004, focusing on trade in goods and services. The discussions for the goods chapter between the EU and the SADC EPA countries were concluded in July 2014.
The trade agreement includes Botswana, Lesotho, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa and Swaziland, known as the SADC EPA group, which represents six out of 15 members of SADC.
March 28 will go down as a day that Batswana will never forget because of the accident that occurred near Mmamatlakala in Limpopo, South Africa. The tragedy affected not only the grieving families but the nation at large. Batswana throughout the process stood behind the grieving families and the governments of Botswana and South Africa need much more than a pat on the back.Last Saturday was a day when family members said their last goodbyes to...