Chissano said a regional free trade protocol lifting trade barriers between member nations was scheduled to come into force in January after seven nations ratified it and three more _ South Africa, Swaziland and Zambia _ were expected to sign up by the end of the year.
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Sen . Carl Levin, D-Mich ., the panel's ranking minority member, said three-quarters of Iraq's illicit income came from trade protocols with Jordan and Turkey that both the Clinton and Bush administrations had known about and " winked at " because support from those two countries was vital.
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The delegation, with representatives of various trade and industrial sectors and chaired by Minister of Trade and Industry Salah-Eddine Al-Bashir, will discuss with the Iraqis the trade protocol between the two countries and Jordan's exports in line with the oil-for-food agreement between Iraq and the United Nations, the official said on condition of anonymity.
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To reiterate his commitment to ensure that Kebbi state isn't only dependent on Federal allocation, the active Governor Atiku Bagudu paid a visit to Benin Republic last year and while on the trip, signed a number of bilateral trade protocols with the Government and Business Community of Benin Republic with a view to fostering trade, industrial and tourism relationships with the country.
