Article 50
Trade promotion
1. Member States agree to undertake, through their public and private sectors, trade promotion activities such as:
(a) promotion of the use of local materials, intermediate goods and inputs, as well as finished products originating within the Community;
(b) participation in the periodic national fairs organised within the region, sectoral trade fairs, regional trade fairs and other similar activities;
2. At regional level, the Community shall undertake trade promotion activities which may include:
(a) organization, on a regular basis of an ECOWAS Trade Fair;
(b) harmonization of the programming of national trade fairs and similar events;
(c) establishment of an intra-Community trade information network;
(d) study of supply and demand patterns in Member States and dissemination of the findings thereon within the Community;
(e) promotion of the diversification of West African markets, and the marketing of Community products;
(f) promotion of better terms of trade for West African commodities and improvement of access to international markets for Community products; and
(g) participation, where appropriate, in international negotiations within the framework of GATT and UNCTAD and other trade-related negotiating fora.
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