Yet despite this provision, foreigners continue to engage in these activities openly – undermining local traders and threatening the survival of small businesses. “For over 20 years we have been calling on successive governments to enforce the laws on retail trade, but our concerns have not been addressed. In some cases, foreign traders even go door-to-door offering items on credit – a practice GUTA says is unfair and harmful to local businesses. Early this month, the Abbosey Okai chapter of GUTA closed several retail shops belonging to foreign traders – igniting the call for government to take a firm stance on the matter. Mr. Oppong further indicated that if nothing is done about it, foreign traders in markets within the region will suffer the same fate in coming days.