01.07.2006
First EFTA Free Trade Agreement in sub-Saharan Africa
Federal Councillor Joseph Deiss, Head of the Federal Department of Economic Affairs of Switzerland, Chairman of the EFTA Council at Ministerial Level, the South African Minister of Trade and Industry, H.E. Mandisi Bongani Mabuto Mpahlwa, and the Permanent Secretary for Foreign Affairs and Trade of Swaziland, H.E. Clifford Sibusiso Mamba, today signed a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) between the Member States of the European Free Trade Association (EFTA, comprising Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway and Switzerland) and the Southern African Customs Union (SACU, comprising Botswana, Lesotho, Namibia, South Africa and Swaziland).