Zero tariffs in near future - but forex shortages hobble trade in Africa

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Dr Mmatlou Kalaba’s International Fresh Produce Association Cape Town conference presentation on the as yet little-understood Africa-wide free trade system drew much interest, coming as it did in the same week that Botswana’s closure of its borders to South African vegetables (a practice also followed by fellow Southern African Customs Union member Namibia to protect its domestic industry) made national headlines.