At the end of an annual meeting in Abidjan, the ministers in charge of trade of the West African Economic and Monetary Union (UEMOA) invited the member states of this sub-regional organization to “remove obstacles” to the free movement of goods and persons within the Union.

Several recommendations have been made to the Union Commission and the Member States. With respect to the Member States, the meeting called for measures to remove obstacles to the free movement of goods and persons, the development and implementation of a national ZLECAF strategy for the Member States that do not yet have one, and the finalization of the development of national strategies for the promotion of local

With respect to the UEMOA Commission, the ministers in charge of Trade requested, among other things, to continue supporting the Member States in implementing the “Month of October, Month of Local Consumption” initiative and evaluate its implementation after the 5th year, ensure consistency and complementarity between the ZLECAF strategies of UEMOA and those of the ECOWAS member states and invite member states to ratify the WTO agreement on fisheries subsidies