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Article: EU signs interim trade deal with three Southern African countries
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- Xinhua News Agency
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- June 4, 2009
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EU signs interim trade deal with three Southern African countries
BRUSSELS, June 4 (Xinhua) -- The European Union (EU) signed an
interim trade deal on Thursday with three Southern African countries
-- Botswana, Lesotho and Swaziland.
The interim deal secures EU market access for the three countries
while negotiations for a full Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA)
are ongoing, the European Commission said in a statement.
The full EPA will address all outstanding issues in terms of
trade in goods, and also include chapters on services and trade-
related aspects such as investment, government procurement and
competition.
"The signature of this agreement is an important step. It first
of all ...