“This Policy Brief discussed a very fundamental question for Botswana at this point of global trade changes, namely, “Are there actual and/or potential benefits from non SACU bilateral and multilateral trade agreements?” This Policy Brief will focus on three of the most important non SACU trade agreements that affect SACU, that is the SADC Trade Protocol, Economic Partnership Agreement negotiations with the European Union, and the US Africa Growth and Opportunity Act(AGOA).”