11-Jan-2007
AllAfrica.com
Business among Comesa countries has doubled in the past two years, and currently stands at more than $7.8 billion. And the number of countries that have joined the club’s Free Trade Area (FTA) has grown to 13, with others waiting on the sidelines.
26-Sep-2006
AllAfrica.com
Trade talks between European Union and Eastern and Southern Africa countries are set to be stormy as ESA countries warned the EU against reneging on its earlier promises.
28-Jul-2006
People’s Daily
The Southern African Development Community (SADC) has okayed Tanzania’s multi-regional block membership, thus paying the way for the east African country to remain in SADC with its East African Community affiliation.
23-Jul-2006
AllAfrica.com
The transformation of the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (Comesa) Free Trade Area (FTA) into a Customs Union in the next two years will open up bigger markets for exporters, an industrialist has said.