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Non-tariff barriers: Case of one step forward, two steps back for region

Weighbridges are a non-tariff barrier. Photo/FILE

East African Community partner states posted progress in eliminating non-tariff barriers (NTBs) in the first five months of the year with the number of new barriers falling gradually, which reduced the cost of doing business and opened up more opportunities across the bloc.

But the five countries of Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Rwanda and Burundi continued to erect new barriers, frustrating the implementation of free trade in the region.

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