U.S. and African Leaders Unveil $14 Billion in Deals at Summit

The Wall Street Journal (online registration required): WASHINGTON—U.S. and African leaders on Tuesday unveiled $14 billion in commercial deals, part of a campaign to improve on a trade relationship in which the two parties still do little business together.

Currently, only about 1% of U.S. exports go to Africa, and “we have to do better, much better,” President Barack Obama told a forum of business leaders. “I want Africans buying more American products. I want Americans buying more African products.”

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