Botswana, Lesotho and Swaziland sign trade deal with EU

The European Union has signed an interim Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) with Botswana, Lesotho and Swaziland, with Mozambique due to sign shortly.

8 June 2009

The rest of the Southern African region - South Africa, Namibia and Angola - have no plans to sign the interim deal.

Negotiations for a full EPA between Europe and the whole Southern African Development Community (SADC) continue in a process that has been wracked with controversy.

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