Non-tariff barriers still persist: report

A truck from Kenya into Tanzania in Namanga.  A new report says 69 non-tariff barriers had been cumulatively scrapped across East Africa, but new ones have cropped up.  PHOTO | FILE

What you need to know:

  • A high level regional ministerial meeting was informed  in Kigali, Rwanda last week of eight new barriers imposed by some partner states as efforts were underway to resolve 24 outstanding ones