Mbarara — Trade experts have said government needs to emphasise export trade rather than aid.
Speaking during an Africa Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) training workshop for the private sector and government agencies at Lake View Resort Hotel in Mbarara last week, former Ethics minister Mr Nsaba Buturo, said: "What I see in government is limited appreciation of trade matters yet the emphasis must be on trade not aid. It is exporting what you have that gives you respect and influence around the world but aid never achieves that."
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