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Manufactures told to fight imports from Asia

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Manufactures told to fight imports from Asia

April 26, 2017
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 Developing economist Fred Muhumuza addressing participants during the meeting on Economiv Partnership Agreements at Piato Restaurant in Kampala.

Ugandan manufacturers should get worried of increasing number of imports from Asian countries instead of worrying about the Economic Partnership Agreements between the European Union (EU) and the East African Community (EAC).

Uganda and other EAc countries have been discussing the EU-EAC-EPA agreements for the last 12 years; some are not convinced that its a good deal like Uganda while Kenya has already signed partly to secure markets for horticulture products.

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