U.S., West African States Exploring Trade Agreement
The U.S. is exploring a possible Trade and Investment Framework Agreement with the Economic Community of West African States, Acting U.S. Trade Representative Demetrios Marantis said March 29, a day after a group of four African leaders -- from Sierra…
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Leone, Senegal, Malawi and Cape Verde -- met with President Obama at the White House. The proposed agreement “demonstrates the United States’ ongoing support for ECOWAS, as well as the United States’ continued commitment to Africa’s regional integration and to deepening U.S. economic engagement in West Africa,” the USTR said in a statement. The agreement would create opportunities for U.S. companies to do business in West Africa and assist in addressing impediments to trade and investment in the region, the statement said.