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What are the trade agreements SACU Member States are party to? SADC Protocol on Trade (SADC Countries) signed in 1996 Common Market of the South (Mercosur) signed in 2004 with Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay and Venezuela European Free Trade Association (EFTA) signed in 2006 with Norway, Switzerland, Iceland and Liechtenstein Trade, Investment, and Development Cooperative Agreement (TIDCA) signed in 2008 with the United States of America Was this question helpful? Yes No
Is SACU currently negotiating trade agreements? If so, with who? Yes, SACU is negotiating the following agreements: Tripartite Free Trade Agreement (TFTA) with East Africa Community (EAC), Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA), Rest of Southern African Development Community (SADC) Countries SACU – India with India Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) with the European Union Was this question helpful? Yes No

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What are the trade agreements SACU Member States are party to?

SADC Protocol on Trade (SADC Countries) signed in 1996
Common Market of the South (Mercosur) signed in 2004 with Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay and Venezuela
European Free Trade Association (EFTA) signed in 2006 with Norway, Switzerland, Iceland and Liechtenstein
Trade, Investment, and Development Cooperative Agreement (TIDCA) signed in 2008 with the United States of America

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Is SACU currently negotiating trade agreements? If so, with who?

Yes, SACU is negotiating the following agreements:

Tripartite Free Trade Agreement (TFTA) with East Africa Community (EAC), Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA), Rest of Southern African Development Community (SADC) Countries
SACU – India with India
Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) with the European Union

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