Economics
U.S. Explores West African Trade and Investment Agreement
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The U.S. is exploring a possible trade and investment agreement with the 15-nation Economic Community of West Africa, acting U.S. Trade Representative Demetrios Marantis said today.
The announcement came after a meeting in Washington yesterday between President Barack Obama and the leaders of three ECOWAS members, Presidents Ernest Bai Koroma of Sierra Leone and Macky Sall of Senegal and Prime Minister José Maria Pereira Neves of the Cape Verde Islands. The three were joined by President Joyce Banda of Malawi in southeastern Africa.