From Restrictions to Regional Harmony: Tanzania & Malawi Sign Agreements to Forge Path to Free Trade

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From Restrictions to Regional Harmony: Tanzania & Malawi Sign Agreements to Forge Path to Free Trade

Dodoma, Tanzania, hosted a joint ministerial meeting aimed at resolving Malawi’s March ban on Tanzanian agricultural imports and strengthening bilateral trade, according to a joint statement.

Key outcomes of the constructive and fruitful consultations:

▫agreed to develop joint Standard Operating Procedures on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Standards;

▫Malawi pledged to immediately ease cross-border trade through an administrative instrument;

▫both sides reaffirmed plans to finalize and implement the Simplified Trade Regime Agreement by May 30;

▫pledged full implementation of outcomes for mutual benefit.

The meeting followed a trade dispute in which Malawi banned some Tanzanian imports, prompting Tanzania to impose a full import ban on Malawi—later lifted ahead of the talks.

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