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Ethiopia: Meles holds discussions with US trade representative, WTO Director-General

Published date:
Saturday, 21 March 2009

Prime Minister, Meles Zenawi on Thursday March 19, 2009 received and held talks with US Acting Trade Representative, Ambassador Peter Allgeier.

The primer and Ambassador Allgeier discussed on issues related to the existing trade ties between Ethiopia and the US. The two sides particularly discussed as to how to further enhance trade relations in area of the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA).

The prime minister said though AGOA has a paramount importance to African nations, the countries could not benefit most from the act. Meles also reaffirmed to the ambassador Ethiopia’s commitment to further scale up its trade relations with the US.

After the discussion, Ambassador Allgeier said that he held fruitful discussions with Meles as to how Ethiopia could utilize AGOA in the years to come.

The ambassador said is country will continue providing the necessary support to Ethiopia toward enabling the country become WTO member-state.

Meanwhile, Prime Minister Meles held talks with WTO Director-General, Pascal Lamy. The two parties discussed on various issues including the G-20 Summit preparation and the ongoing efforts of Ethiopia to join WTO.

Ethiopia is doing exemplary deeds that enable the country become one of the WTO member states in the near future.

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