It is nearly a decade ago that former Tory leader and Conservative prime minister David Cameron, on a trade tour to Africa, urged countries on the continent to form a free-trade area.
He pointed out in an article that 60 years ago per capita GDP in South Korea was twice that of some African countries. He believed free trade in Asia gave South Korea space to grow, and that African countries by and large have not exploited opportunities to trade with one another...
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