new democracy party are ahead of the main rival, the leftist syriza party. it s unlikely either party will earn a majority. saudi arabia is set to make history as the country sends its first ever female astronaut to the international space station. now on bbc news, talking business. hello, everybody. a very warm welcome to talking business weekly with me, aaron heslehurst. let s go and take a look at what s on the show. eyeing up africa as the west competes with china, who will end up having the most influence on that fast growing continent? as the g7 uses its summit injapan to draw the world s poorest countries closer, will recent visits to africa by its leaders pay off as they look to tackle concerns about food and energy in return for natural resources? i m going to be discussing all of that with these two. there they are. this former senior us trade official who now helps build bridges between private companies and opportunities across africa. also, the african union
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more transparent . do you share that concern? how do you make sure that happens? transparency is very much important. one of the things that we fully want to reach an agreement on is to be very open about the issues that are on the table. there should be no hidden clauses. there have been hidden clauses in the past. i think that is something we need to take into the future. and albert, my friend, let me end on this. one thing that you ve been working on and you re still trying to get it fully implemented is the african continental free trade area. now, once you get that, will this trade area, do you think, leave the african union to eventually be negotiating on trade as a single bloc, just like the eu does? and in a way, that united approach surely puts africa in a very strong position to make better deals.