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South Africa signs free trade agreement with AU

President Cyril Ramaphosa signs the African Continental Free Trade Area Agreement

President Cyril Ramaphosa signs the African Continental Free Trade Area Agreement

2nd July 2018

By: African News Agency

  

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South Africa has signed the African Continental Free Trade Area agreement with the African Union.

Trade and Industry Minister Rob Davies confirmed Sunday’s signing of the 250-pages document in a video put out by the department of Trade and Industry (dti) on Twitter.

In March President Cyril Ramaphosa signed the Kigali protocol indicating South Africa’s commitment to signing the trade agreement.

However, Pretoria failed to join 44 other African countries in signing, on the grounds that there were certain areas within the agreement that required further clarification in terms of South Africa’s constitutional and internal processes, Davies explained in March

Davies reiterated this reasoning in Sunday’s video confirming that the signing was going ahead after the necessary vetting had been undertaken by legal advisors.

The government also signed two annexures on trading goods and services on the continent.

“We are very happy to be part of this club,” said Davies. He said the dti would “without delay” present the proposal to Cabinet to send the agreement to parliament for ratification.

The signed agreement will increase intra-regional trade and further more complex levels of production on the African continent.

Edited by African News Agency

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