SOUTHERN AFRICA: Free Trade Deal Full of Potential – And Danger

Global Geopolitics Net Monday, August 25, 2008 All rights reserved, IPS – Inter Press Service, 2008. Stephanie Nieuwoudt CAPE TOWN, Aug 25 (IPS) – The launch of a free trade area (FTA) within the Southern Africa Development Community (SADC) has brought the region one step closer to a regional customs union by 2010. But the [...]

TRADE-TANZANIA: Cheap Imitation Goods Are Flooding Markets

Global Geopolitics Net August 20, 2008 All rights reserved, IPS – Inter Press Service, 2008. Sarah McGregor DAR ES SALAAM, Aug 20   (IPS)  – The mishmash of shops in Tanzania’s central Kariakoo market in Dar es Salaam stock an infinite array of brand name fakes. Throngs of customers snap up mobile phones, designer gear, high-tech [...]