Is there a risk in rush for Continental FTA deadline?

With negotiations for establishing the Continental Free Trade Area (FTA) now in high gear to meet the December 2017 deadline, an official says there is a real risk that in this rush the FTA might be designed in a manner that even further reduces the paltry intra-Africa trade, 'which would be a self-inflicted tragedy'.
Prudence Sebahizi, Chief Technical Advisor on the Continental Free Trade Area (CFTA).
Prudence Sebahizi, Chief Technical Advisor on the Continental Free Trade Area (CFTA).
James Karuhanga