Liberia becomes WTO member

LIBERIA has joined the World Trade Organization (WTO) at the body’s first ministerial conference in Africa. Liberia’s membership came after formal approval by the WTO ministers in the Kenyan capital Nairobi. AFP quoted elated Liberian President Ellen Sirleaf saying, “Liberia

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