"Trade is very important for development. Although Sub-Saharan Africa has 12 percent of the population of the world, we have seen our share of world trade decrease to the point where it is now under one percent. This is synonymous with deepening poverty and the resulting chaos in Africa's economic, political and social life," says Sam Mpasu, Malawi's Minister for Commerce and Industry, in this interview with Action for Southern Africa's Alastair Fraser.