Africa and the Political Economy of Regionalism -- Definitions of Regionalism and Regionalisation -- Neo-liberalism -- Globalisation -- Theories of Regional Integration -- New Regionalism -- Globalisation and Regionalisation -- From Coordination Conference to Development Community -- The SADC Region -- SADC Programme of Action -- SADC's Institutional Structure -- The Region in Economic Perspective -- The Region in Political Perspective -- Overview of Southern African Trade Relations -- Overlapping Regional Economic Organisations -- Cross-Border Initiative -- Regional Bilateral Trade Agreements -- Direction of Trade in the SADC Region -- Non-Tariff Barriers to Trade in the SADC Region -- Free Trade Agreement -- SADC Protocol on Trade -- Modalities of the Negotiations -- The Negotiations -- Implementation of the SADC FTA -- Regional Trade Relations -- Investment -- Global Investment Policy Trends -- Foreign Investment in Africa: The Record -- Investing in Transport Infrastructure: The Case of the Maputo Development Corridor -- Investment in South Africa -- Investment in the SADC Region -- Further Marginalisation or Integration? -- World Trade Organisation -- African Growth and Opportunity Act -- The European Union and Southern Africa -- EU-ACP Relations in Historical Perspective -- Trade Between the EU and Southern Africa -- EU Technical and Financial Assistance -- The EU and South Africa -- Future EU-Southern Africa Relations: The Cotonou Agreement -- The Way Forward -- Regionalism Within the Context of SADC Realities.