Rwanda and the United States are set to develop and diversify trade between through the US-Rwanda Trade and Investment Council, New Times revealed on Saturday.

Rwanda’s Minister of Commerce, Industry, Investment Promotion, Tourism and Cooperatives, Protais Mitali, and the Deputy US Trade Representative, Karan Bhatia sealed the deal on October 31.

Rwanda and US pledged to collaborate in developing further the US-sponsored programme AGOA in a national workshop for Rwanda that will be held early 2007.

The meeting, the first of its kind between the US and Rwanda Trade and Investment Council, took place in Kigali, Rwanda. Rwanda was represented by Protais Mitali, Minister of Commerce, Industry, Investment Promotion, Tourism, and Cooperatives, and the Deputy US Trade Representative, Karan Bhatia for the US.

Latest AGOA Trade Data currently available on AGOA.info


Click here to view a sector profile of Rwanda’s bilateral trade with the United States, disaggregated by total exports and imports, AGOA exports and GSP exports.

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