Wed, 13 Dec 2017 12:14:19 +0000 By Mailesi Banda FINANCE Minister Felix Mutati has advised African governments to use national budgets for sustainable development and trade acceleration. The minister said for African countries to enhance trade within the continent, there is need to harmonise competition laws that have proven to be barriers to trade. Mr Mutati was speaking when he opened the 13th Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa Fund meeting in Lusaka yesterday. He said trade economic integration and inter-dependency of countries was a natural phenomenon, adding that even with economic challenges in the world, no country can claim to be self sufficient. Mr. Mutati, who is the current chairman of the regional finance ministers comittee said COMESA countries had interests in strengthening the oneness of the members and by thinning the borders. “Integration involves all countries going as one in the same direction, through the application of common standards for trade facilitation […]
