EPA: A window for Botswana to boost exports
Friday, June 17, 2016
Botswana's beef industry is set to benefit the most from the EU deal
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.
Whilst the project received mixed reactions from members of the public, the project is indeed a welcome development, which needs to be implemented as soon as possible. Many shared their opinion, with those against the project decrying that if implemented, it will kill the already struggling public transport industry.Many countries around the world have state-run public transport, and those who have travelled to such countries will give testimony...