The Minister of Trade and Industry Dr Rob Davies, will brief members of the media on the outcomes of the Second SADC-COMESA-EAC (Southern African Development Community - Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa- East African Community) Tripartite Heads of State and Government Summit that was held over the weekend.
The briefing will be held as follows:
Date: Monday, 13 June 2011
Time: 15h00
Venue: Imbizo Media Centre, 120 Plein Street, Cape Town
NB: There will be a video link-up to Room 153, Union Buildings, Pretoria.
The summit officially launched the Tripartite Free Trade Agreement (FTA) negotisation to establish a free trade for the three regions. The three pillars of the FTA are market integration; infrastructure development; and industrial development.
The summit also resolved to address the challenges associated with the facilitation of the movement of business people across Regional Economic Communities, together with infrastructure development as two separate tracks.
Minister Davies will elaborate on the process and implementation of the FTA.
RSVP:
Mamosa Dikeledi
Cell: 083 584 6856
E-mail: MDikeledi@thedti.gov.za
Enquiries:
Sidwell Medupe
Tel: 012 394 1650
Cell: 079 4921774
E-mail: MSMedupe@thedti.gov.za
Minister Davies to brief media on the outcomes of the Tripartite Summit
