Tanzania is looking to protect its locally-made goods in the trade negotiations with Britain that are underway, senior government officials have told The EastAfrican.
Deputy Minister for Trade Stella Manyanya confirmed that the government is renegotiating its current bilateral trade relationship with Britain in the wake of Brexit.
Both Ms Manyanya and the Director of Trade Investments and Protection in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and East African Cooperation Bernard Haule emphasised that Dodoma would not accept a deal that poses a danger to Tanzanian-made products.
"Our focus in the negotiations is more on areas that are most profitable to Tanzania first and foremost," Ms Manyanya told The EastAfrican.
Tanzania sold $60 million worth of goods to the UK in 2018, against imports of $170 million, as per the latest available trade data.