Cape to Cairo Bloc to Forge Market of 590 Million Consumers
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African leaders meet this weekend to push forward proposals to bring more than half a billion consumers from Cape Town to Cairo into a single free trade zone.
Heads of state from the Southern African Development Community, the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa, and the East African Community trade blocs will meet on June 12 in Johannesburg, South Africa for only their second meeting after an initial summit in October 2008.