Category: Agriculture

* Malawi is a landlocked country and is, therefore, protected by international laws regarding the transport of goods through neighbouring countries like Tanzania * The WTO/GATT 1994 agreement: Article V—Freedom of Transport, protects the rights of landlocked countries and gives them the right to transit goods through neighbouring countries in the best and safest way * Goods in transit should not be detained or delayed without a valid reason and unfortunately retaliation is not considered as such if you…

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* As its agriculture minister Bashe says fresh diplomatic talks were ongoing after has already effected it trade importation ban on Malawi and South Africa * We are taking this step to protect our business interests. This is business — in business, we must all respect each other Analysis by Duncan Mlanjira It seems Tanzania is applying pressure on Malawi to capitulate to its demands to reverse agricultural trade importation ban as its agriculture minister Hussein Bashe is quoted…

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* Malawi’s decision to impose restrictions on Tanzanian agricultural imports stems from protection of domestic industries challenges * Southern African Development Community (SADC) is there to fix these trade thistles — sadly, all members of SADC seldom use it as they should * The Tanzanian posturing to impose trade barriers on South Africa and Malawi, albeit not a cabinet resolution, defeats why SADC is there in the first place By Duncan Mlanjira Tanzanian development administration specialist, Rutashubanyuma Nestory, defends…

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