Renegotiating Dependency: the Case of the Southern African Customs Union*

Jon Walters

Journal of Common Market Studies, 1989, vol. 28, issue 1, 29-52

Abstract: The Southern African Customs Union Agreement (SAGUA) between Botswana, Lesotho and Swaziland (BLS) and South Africa has generated a considerable literature. The present article seeks to extend the debate by clarifying some of the concepts underlying the Agreement and by examining some key features of the actual workings of the Customs Union. In the context of the current renegotiation of SACUA several proposals for modification are made. Particular attention is paid to (i) the political background to SACUA; (ii) protection of infant industries; (iii) agricultural protection; (iv) the implications for BLS of South Africa's import policies; (v) South Africa's regional policy and BLS; (vi) fiscal harmonization; (vii) revenue sharing; (viii) alternatives to fiscal compensation.

Date: 1989
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