Diploma Thesis from the year 1998 in the subject Business economics - Trade and Distribution, grade: 1,3, Berlin School of Economics and Law (Unbekannt), language: English, abstract: Inhaltsangabe: Abstract: The SADC Protocol on Trade lays the foundation for the planned free trade area in the SADC region. Its ratification is expected in the near future and therefore the question arises in how far the creation of the free trade area will affect the patterns of intraregional trade. After an examination of the framework of preferential and free trade agreements in the region this study employs a...