As a prelude to the meeting of ministers in charge of trade in the member states of UEMOA, on Monday, November 15, 2021, in Niamey, the Union's experts have started the preparatory work for the said meeting.

To facilitate the upcoming meeting of trade ministers of the West African Economic and Monetary Union, the experts of the WAEMU Commission began since Monday, November 15, 2021, the preparatory work. Proceeding to the opening of the works , in the presence of the Commissioner in charge of the Department of the Regional Market and Cooperation, Professor Filiga Michel Sawadogo, the Technical Advisor to the Minister of Commerce, Industry and Youth Entrepreneurship from Niger, Moussa A bdoulwazir , re-clarified the objective of the workshop, which is nothing more than to take stock of the situation and meet the challenges related to the consolidation of the regional market. All this, with possible solutions. It should be noted that during their session, the Ministers will take stock of initiatives for the consolidation of the regional market, the promotion of intra-Community trade, the free movement of goods, as well as the fight against anti-competitive practices. At the same time, they will prepare the participation of WAEMU States in the 12th ^Ministerial Conference of the World Trade Organization (WTO).