Abstract
This paper is written in the context of four recent developments. These are:
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the establishment of the WTO in January 1995;
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the commencement, in November 1994, of the renegotiation of the SACU Agreement between South Africa, Botswana, Lesotho, Namibia and Swaziland;
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the transformation, in December 1994, of the PTA into COMESA; and
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the decision of SADC, taken in Windhoek in 1992, to transform itself from a body concerned only with sectoral cooperation into a trade integration arrangement.
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Maasdorp, G. (1996). Can Regional Integration Help Southern Africa?. In: Maasdorp, G. (eds) Can South and Southern Africa become Globally Competitive Economies?. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-24972-5_4
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