Botswana sees trade with U.K. continuing unhindered after Brexit
INTERNATIONAL – Botswana, the world’s second-biggest diamond producer, expects its trade with the U.K. to continue unhindered after Brexit.
The Southern African Customs Union, which comprises Botswana, South Africa, Lesotho, Namibia and Eswatini, along with Mozambique last month agreed on a deal with the U.K. to govern trade should it leave the European Union at the end of the month. The deal mirrors the terms SACU currently has with the EU.
“We have worked quite hard on ensuring there is no trade disruption,” Botswana’s Investment, Trade and Industry Minister Joy Kenewendo, who traveled to London last week to chair talks on concluding the accord, said in a phone interview from Gaborone, the capital. “We have really tried to cover all the possible bases.”
Source: iol.co.za
