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Article: U.S. TRADE REPRESENTATIVE LEADS TRADE AND INVESTMENT TALKS WITH LARGEST AFRICAN REGIONAL ECONOMIC COMMUNITY

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November 3, 2009
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LUSAKA, Zambia, Nov. 2 -- The White House's Office of the U.S. Trade Representative issued the following news release:

U.S. trade and development officials held in-depth discussions today with officials from the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) to review progress on their work together under the U.S.-COMESA Trade and Investment Framework Agreement (TIFA). This was the sixth high-level meeting under the TIFA, which provides a forum for advancing cooperation on trade and investment issues between the United States and COMESA.

Assistant U.S. Trade Representative for Africa Florizelle Liser and COMESA Secretary-General Sindiso Ngwenya co-chaired the day-long meeting, which ...

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