BRICS alliance should increase interest at SADC-China trade fair

The forum will be the first meeting of SADC and Chinese business players, following South Africa's joining of the BRIC grouping. China has already overtaken the UK and US as South Africa's biggest single trading partner and more than 60 major Chinese industrial concerns will participate in the trade fair and investment forum.

MK Malefane, a lobbyist who has acted as a consultant and facilitator for the expo organisers, is also co-ordinating preparations for a September launch of the Southern African Customs Union Business Forum, which will enable the private sector to become the implementation agency for the new SA Customs Union (SACU) policy of industrial diversification, replacing the existing revenue-sharing base of SACU.

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