Southern Africa: Tripartite Free Trade Plan May Repeat Previous Mistakes

21 April 2011

Windhoek — With regional wheels rolling to put in place the envisaged grand tripartite free trade area (FTA), questions have arisen about whether it would be viable and increase competitiveness.

"Free trade areas by themselves are not an engine for growth," remarked SADC trade policy advisor Paul Kalenga at a public trade dialogue in Windhoek, Namibia, organised by the Agricultural Trade Forum and the Friedrich Ebert Stiftung.

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