Article 50 — CEDEAO Traite-revise-1993

TRADE PROMOTION Member States agree to undertake, through their public and private sectors, trade promotion activities such as: a) b) promotion of the use of local materials, intermediate goods and inputs, as well as finished products originating within the Community; participation in the periodic national fairs organised within the region, sectoral trade fairs, regional trade fairs and other similar activities. At regional level, the Community shall undertake trade promotion activities' which" may include: a) organisation, on a regular basis of an ECOWAS Trade Fair; b) harmonisation of the programming of national trade fairs and similar events; c) d) e) f) establishment of an intra-Community trade information network; study of supply and demand patterns in Member States and dissemination of the findings thereon within the Community; promotion of the diversification of West African markets, and the marketing of Community products; promotion of better terms of trade for West African commodities and improvement of access to international markets for Community products; and participation, where appropriate, in international negotiations within the framework of GATT and UNCTAD and other trade-related negotiating fora. 1.