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Syllabus of the Subject: United States-COMESA Trade and Investment Framework Agreement (Course)

1. Introduction to the COMESA (Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa)-United States Trade and Investment Agreement
2. Foreign Trade between the United States and COMESA countries
3. Contents of the COMESA-United States Agreement

Example of the Subject: COMESA-United States Trade and Investment Agreement

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Description of the Subject: COMESA-U.S. Trade and Investment Framework Agreement.

The objective of the COMESA-U.S. Trade and Investment Framework Agreement is to improve the cooperation on trade, investment and economic relationships between the United States and the COMESA markets.

The ten articles of the COMESA-U.S. Trade and Investment Framework Agreement cover topics like:

1. Relation with the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA)
2. Intellectual Property Rights (IPR)
3. Trade in products promotion (Agriculture products included)
4. Trade Liberalisation and investment (FDI)
5. Non-tariff and Technical Barriers to Trade (TBT) elimination
6. Environmental protection
7. Creation of a Trade and Investment Council
8. Taxation
9. Labour

The COMESA (Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa) countries are Burundi, the Comoros, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Libya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritius, Rwanda, the Seychelles, Sudan, Swaziland, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.

Total goods exports (from the U.S. to the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa): 8.4 billion USD

1. Top COMESA Export Markets for the U.S. Products: Egypt, Libya, Ethiopia, Kenya, and Djibouti
2. The main U.S. export products to the COMESA markets: Machinery, Aircraft, Cereals, Vehicles, and Petroleum
3. Total U.S. foreign direct investment in the COMESA region: 27 billion dollars

Total goods exports (Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa to the U.S.): 5.7 billion USD

1. The main COMESA export countries to the U.S. are Libya, Egypt, Kenya, Mauritius, and Ethiopia
2. The main COMESA export products are Oil crude, apparel, spices, coffee, and fertilizers

The United States-COMESA Agreement belongs to the African Civilisation and the North American area of the Western Civilisation.

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