Historic EU trade deal to be signed in Botswana

Gemma Mbegabolawe speaking EU-SADC EPA Workshop.PIC: MORERI SEJAKGOMO
Gemma Mbegabolawe speaking EU-SADC EPA Workshop.PIC: MORERI SEJAKGOMO

Southern African Development Community (SADC) and the European Union (EU) have wrapped up negotiations for the Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA), and are expected to sign the agreement next month.

This was said by Gemma Mbegabolawe, a chief trade officer at the Ministry of Investment, Trade and Industry, at the EU-SADC EPA workshop held in Gaborone on Tuesday.

“The signing ceremony for the EU-SADC EPA is scheduled for June 10, 2016, in Kasane,” she said.

Editor's Comment
BPF should get house in order

Speaker of the National Assembly, Dithapelo Keorapetse, has this week rightly washed his hands of the mess, refusing to wade into a party squabble that has no clear leadership and no single version of the truth.When a single party sends six different letters to the Speaker’s office, each claiming to be the authoritative voice, it is not just confusion, but an embarrassment.Keorapetse is correct to insist on institutional boundaries. Parliament...

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