Official Press Release

EATIC Announces Reverse Trade And Investment Mission To USA From Ethiopia

September 30, 2000

After a successful Trade & Investment Mission to Ethiopia on November 1999, the Ethio-American Trade & Investment Council (EATIC) Board of Directors officially announced plans to launch a Reverse Trade and Investment Mission to the U. S., at the end of September 2000.

The Reverse Mission to the United States is designed to be a public-private enterprise seeking and benefiting from the collaborative efforts of the Ethiopian Government and its agencies, the United States Embassy in Ethiopia and the U.S. public sector as well as Ethiopian private sector representative led by Addis Ababa Chamber of Commerce and relevant business associations and groups in the United States. The delegations will visit Washington, D.C., Atlanta, GA and Houston, Texas between January 13 and 26, 2001.

Mr. Gezahgen Kebede, President of EATIC has just returned from a visit to Ethiopia after meeting with the appropriate Ethiopian Government agencies, the U.S. Embassy Economic/Commercial office and the Addis Ababa Chamber of Commerce.

About EATIC
The Ethio-American Trade & Investment Council (EATIC - www.eatic.org) is a non-profit, non-partisan, tax exempt membership organization of corporations and individuals dedicated to strengthening and facilitating trade and investment between Ethiopia and the United States of America. The Council believes that it can best accomplish this goal through education, focusing on broadening the respective knowledge of various social customs, cultural traditions and economic climate of both countries.

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