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Monday, July 24, 2006 - 03:00
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Development [2]
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265 [3]
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The private sector in Zimbabwe has been urged to exploit the various bilateral trade agreements that the country has signed with its trading partners. Industry and International Trade Minister Obert Mpofu said that the agreements gave business the leeway to expand markets to boost foreign currency earnings. It was critical that the government received feedback on the effectiveness of the trade agreements to allow the authorities to deal with operational problems that agreements might be prese...read more [4]

The private sector in Zimbabwe has been urged to exploit the various bilateral trade agreements that the country has signed with its trading partners. Industry and International Trade Minister Obert Mpofu said that the agreements gave business the leeway to expand markets to boost foreign currency earnings. It was critical that the government received feedback on the effectiveness of the trade agreements to allow the authorities to deal with operational problems that agreements might be presenting, he said.

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Global South [5]
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Zimbabwe [7]

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