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Category : Africa, Southern
Languages : en
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The U.S.-Southern African Customs Union (SACU) Free Trade Agreement
Author: United States-Southern African Customs Union (SACU) Free Trade Agreement Negotiations: Background and Potential Issues
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Category : Africa, Southern
Languages : en
Pages : 7
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Negotiations to launch a free trade agreement (FTA) between the United States and the five members of the Southern African Customs Union (SACU) (Botswana, Lesotho, Namibia, South Africa, and Swaziland) began on June 3, 2003. In April 2006, negotiators suspended FTA negotiations, launching a new work program on intensifying the trade and investment relationship with an FTA as a long term goal. A potential FTA would eliminate tariffs over time, reduce or eliminate non-tariff barriers, liberalize service trade, protect intellectual property rights, and provide technical assistance to help SACU nations achieve the goals of the agreement. This potential agreement would be subject to congressional approval. This report will be updated as negotiations progress.
United States-Southern African Customs Union (SACU) Free Trade Agreement Negotiations: Background and Potential Issues
Author: Danielle LangtonPublisher:
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Category : Africa, Southern
Languages : en
Pages : 7
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Negotiations to launch a free trade agreement (FTA) between the United States and the five members of the Southern African Customs Union (SACU) (Botswana, Lesotho, Namibia, South Africa, and Swaziland) began on June 3, 2003. A potential FTA would eliminate tariffs over time, reduce or eliminate non-tariff barriers, liberalize service trade, protect intellectual property rights, and provide technical assistance to help SACU nations achieve the goals of the agreement. This potential agreement would be subject to congressional approval.
United States-Southern African Customs Union (SACU) Free Trade Agreement Negotiations
Author: Ian F. FergussonPublisher:
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Category : Africa, Southern
Languages : en
Pages : 6
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The TDCA and the Proposed SACU-USA FTA
Author: Mareike MeynPublisher:
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Category : European Union countries
Languages : en
Pages : 64
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The Politics of Trade in the Southern African Customs Union (Sacu)
Author: Carine KialaPublisher: LAP Lambert Academic Publishing
ISBN: 9783838396910
Category : China
Languages : en
Pages : 196
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The Southern African Customs Union (SACU) and China intend to negotiate a free trade agreement to promote trade and investment between their markets. Yet, SACU s colonial legacy continues to debilitate the economies of its weaker member states. Administrative and operational discrepancies threaten the integrity of the customs union, further complicated by third parties.This study assesses the politics of trade in SACU, and the prospect of a FTA with the China. It explores the quantity and quality of trade between the parties, as well as the role of the state in encouraging economic diplomacy. It draws on the experiences of other developing countries that have FTAs with stronger economies, thus providing policy recommendations for sustainable trade relations between SACU and China that are aligned to SACU s development agenda.The study concludes that a SACU-China FTA will stimulate a restructuring of SACU s trade partners, with limited benefit to the region. The cost competitiveness of Chinese imports will cripple SACU industries, cause unemployment and negate prospects of new industrialisation. SACU s strategy for trade liberalisation should be incremental and sector specific.
The Southern African Customs Union
Author: Marina MayerPublisher:
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Category : Africa, Southern
Languages : en
Pages : 78
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The Politics of Trade in the Southern African Customs Union (SACU)
Author: Carine Zamay KialaPublisher:
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Languages : en
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Considering the obstacles to the conclusion of the Doha Round of international trade negotiations, bilateral free trade agreements (FTAs) are the new trend emerging in international relations. Hence, the Southern African Customs Union (SACU) and China intend to negotiate such an agreement in order to promote trade and investment between their markets. However, SACU is an organisation with a colonial legacy that continues to debilitate the economies of its weaker member states. Discrepancies in its administration and operation threaten the integrity of the customs union, especially when third parties are involved. This study assesses the politics of trade in the Southern African Customs Union, and the prospect of a FTA with the People's Republic of China. It explores the quantity and quality of trade between the parties, as well as the role of the state in encouraging economic diplomacy. The dissertation draws on the experiences of other developing countries that have signed FTAs with stronger economies, in order to provide policy recommendations that will steer sustainable trade relations between SACU and China that will be aligned to SACU's development agenda. The study concludes that a FTA will stimulate a restructuring of SACU's trade partners, without creating a significant increase in production or employment. Furthermore, the cost competitiveness of Chinese imports will cripple the respective SACU industries, cause unemployment and negate prospects of new industrialisation in certain sectors of the economy. SACU's strategy for trade liberalisation should be incremental and sector specific. Copyright.
Southern African Customs Union
Author: Umesh KumarPublisher:
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Category : Africa, Southern
Languages : en
Pages : 34
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