Oxfam Warns Africa About EU Trade Deal
Monday, December 03, 2007
The institution feared that the move would at the same time expose vulnerable African farmers and fledgling industries to unfair - often subsidised - competition from Europe, said Luis Morago, head of Oxfam's EU Advocacy Office.
The call was made after Botswana, Lesotho, Mozambique and Swaziland recently initialed a free trade agreement with Europe. SA and Namibia are yet to sign the agreement.
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