Ivory Coast to Ratify Interim Trade Deal With EU This Month
- Nation needs to conclude bilateral agreement by Oct. 1
- Nigeria, Gambia, Mauritania haven’t signed regional deal yet
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Ivory Coast plans to ratify an interim economic trade pact with the European Union by the end of the month even though a regional deal, approved in 2014, has yet to be signed by all the countries of the West African economic bloc.
Members of Parliament unanimously voted on Friday to allow President Alassane Ouattara to ratify the agreement, which will reduce trade barriers between the West African nation and the EU, Moussa Toure, a spokesman for National Assembly President Guillaume Soro said in a text message on Friday. It was in line with the vote of the parliamentary foreign affairs committee last Wednesday.