Trade Promotion. 1. In order to attain the objectives of the Community set out in sub-paragraph 2 (m) Article 4 of this Treaty, Member States agree to undertake the trade promotion activities stated below in the following areas: (a) Intra-Community Trade (i) Promote the use of the Community's local materials, intermediate goods and inputs, as well as finished products originating within the Community; (ii) Adopt the All-Africa Trade Fair of the OAU, as an instrument of the Community trade promotion; (iii) Participate in the periodic fairs organised under the auspices of the All-Africa Trade Fair of the OAU, sectoral trade fairs, regional trade fairs and other trade promotion activities of the Community; (iv) Develop an intra-community trade information network, linking the computerised trade information systems of existing and future regional economic communities and individual Member States of the Community; and (v) With the assistance of the Secretariat, study the supply and demand patterns in Member States and disseminate the findings thereon within the Community. (b) South-South Trade (i) Promote the diversification of Africa's markets, and the marketing of Community products; (ii) Participate in extra-community trade fairs, in particular, within the context of South-South Co-operation; and (iii) Participate in extra-community trade and investment fora. (c) North-South Trade (i) Promote better terms of trade for African commodities and improve market access for Community products; (ii) Participate as a group in international negotiations within the framework of GATT and UNCTAD and other trade-related negotiating fora. 2. The modalities of organising trade promotion activities and trade information systems of the Community shall be governed by a Protocol concerning Trade Promotion.
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