What does SACU stand for?

According to Shantayanan Devarajan, the World Bank's chief economist for Africa, one of the biggest blows to South Africa's smaller neighbours will be felt from a downturn of revenues shared through the Southern African Customs Union (SACU): "In some cases, inflows from SACU make up half of the official revenue of its members -Botswana, South Africa, Swaziland, Lesotho and Namibia.

The West African Economic and Monetary Union and the Central African Economic and Monetary Community and the Southern African Customs Union are already operational customs unions.

The Southern African Customs Union (SACU), which also includes Botswana, Lesotho, Namibia and Swaziland, will experience a 6.

The Bush Administration, in contrast, has acted: We now have FTAs with Jordan, Singapore, and Chile; we have completed FTAs with Australia, Morocco, five countries of Central America and the Dominican Republic, and Bahrain; we are negotiating FTAs with the five countries of the Southern African Customs Union, Panama, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Thailand.

Southern Africa Experiencing Dramatic Growth in IT, Telecommunications The Southern Africa Office serves the region defined as Southern Africa by the United Nations and the Southern African Customs Union.

One agreement marks the first trade, investment and development cooperative agreement (TIDCA) with the Southern African Customs Union (SACU).

This year's list of 59 countries ranges from Angola to Vietnam and includes the trading blocs of the European Union, the Arab League and the Southern African Customs Union.

For instance, Botswana, Lesotho, Namibia and Swaziland have all signed EPAs, although South Africa has not, while all five are members of the Southern African Customs Union (SACU).