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23 THE CASOUXA TIKES-SATUIBAY. APRIL 3, 1982
Expanded Role Urged
On American Business
(AN) 4,We will struc- with . our i? efforts to
lure our programs to . broaden our, dialogue ,
utilize: wherever possible with the Angolan'
of the potential of the government on the full
U.S. private sector and ange of bilateral and
vciwuuiokc u iu uiar a regional iimutia
greater role in Africa,
Crocker said in . the
Chicago speech.
: As part of this policy
thrust, e said the U.S. is
encouraging economic
reforms in individual
countries to stimulate the
' private sector , and is
mnrdirtatine foreien aid
Droerams with foreign 'tion, one predicted,, "It'
trade land investment was one of the necessary ,
mutual interest. The
U.S. has never
discouraged American
business investment in
Angola."
Several participants
said the day-long session
seemed to open the way
for increased U.S. trade
and investment. In addi-
-.t r
policies.
To these ends, the ad
ministration has taken a
number of recent steps
Last Friday (March
26), Crocker addressed a
one-day meeting in New
York ton the role of
private'1 investment in
Zimbabwe. Co
sponsored by the
"African-American In
stitute and the American
Bar Association, the
conference attracted
representatives of some
seventy banks, corpora
tions, and law Firms.
Bernard Chidzero,
minister of finance, .
economic planning and
development, was on the
program along with
other Zimbabwean of
ficials and represen
tatives from " the Con
federation pf Zimbabwe
Industries and the Zim
babwe Law Society. !
. Zimbabwe is one of a!
group' of sub-Saharan
nations ' ) Crocker has
identified "with relative-,
, ly healthy . market
'economies, in many (but
,;not all) cases supported ,
C;: by oil or mineral
wealth," where "we can
pursue.:, our mutual
economic interests main
ly through improved
trade and investment
policies."
The others he put in
this category are Nigeria,
Gabon, Cameroon,
steps along the ; way
toward normalizing rela
tions." Crocker has sent his
new special assistnat,
Robert Cabelli, to
southern Africa to look a
possibilities for private
sector involvement in
Botswana," Malawi,
Swaziland, . Zimbabwe,
and Zambia. He will be
promoting U.S. invest
ment and trade in the
region, working out of
the Office of Southern
African Affairs in the i
State Department.,
Following the January
mission to four African
countries led by Com
merce Secretary
Malcolm Baldridge and
Agriculture Secretary .
John Block, the ad
ministration is planning
additional trips "to ac
quaint the U.S. business
community with African
markets," according to
Deputy Assistant
Secretary of Commerce
Joseph F. Dennin.
Block and BaldrMg?
led 70 delegates, in
! eluding 30 from the U.S. j
government and 25 from .
the business community,
to Nigeria, Ivory Coast,
Cameroon, and Moroc
co, January 8-21 .
Several contracts were
signed during the two
week tour, including a
four-to-five million
dollar, joint venture, to
produce chickens in
Ivory Coast, Botswana, .Nigeria involving the
and South Africa;
Zimbabwe: is also- one
of the ten nations (along
with Egypt, Kenya and
the Ivory Coast in
Africa) targeted - for
special programs by Ifhe"
new Bureau for Private
Enterprise in, the U.S.
Florida-based Agro Tech
International. The
government-run U.S.
Overseas Private Invest
ment Corporation also,
signed -' two-- pre
investmeiit agreements
with firms planning new
Nigerian undertakings
government's Agency ' a hog breeder and a rice
for : International based pasta plant.
Development (AID).
The New York
seminar was designed to
encourage Americans to
do business with the new
t African nations .and to.
provide specific informa
tion on the prospects and
, problems associated with
operating there,
Two days , earlier,
March 24, -Crocker
returned , to the
Georgetown Center for
Strategic;' and . Interna
tional. Studies (CSIS),.
where he was formerly'
director of- African
studies, to open a con
ference with a similar
theme on Angola.
The of f-l he-record
meeting included frank ;
appraisals of doing1
business, in Angola by
companies already in-,
volvcd 'there, among ,
them Carnation, General .
Tire, and Gulf,
The Angolan delega
tion, which came to
Washington specifically
for the session, was led
by the governor of the
Other deals are near-
ing conclusion. Agro
Tech is planning a plant
to i process cassava into
animal feed, Read Steel
of Birmingham expects
to conclude a" $400,000
grain - storage contract,
and T-CAS of Virginia is
finalizing arrangements
for i an airport weather .
radar system;
T-CAS, . which has
already installed weather
radar equipment made
by Enterprise Electronics
of Alabama t at Lagos
and Kanp, has been in
volved in protracted
talks over the third in-;
stallation, at Port Har
court. "In our sort of.
business, results : don't
come out as bread and
butter right away,"
T-CAS chief executive
James S. Stotsky told
special correspondent
Susan Gilpin. "You
make ' proposals and
spend months
negotiating. "
The U.S. : has a
central bank, Jose Victor ( negative trade imbalance
dc Carvalho, and of- . with three of the coun-
ficials ' from the
'planning; and finance.
Although the U.S. has
no diplomatic relations
with Angola and has
been highly critical of ,
that African govern-,
mcnt's relationship with
the Soviet Union and
. Cuba, the administration
was well represented at
the meeting.
American government
participants included ad-;
dilional ' officials' from
the State Department, as
well as the Departments
of - Commerce and
Agriculture. At a recep
tion for. conference at
tendees - hosted ' by
Crocker J at the State x
Department, - . Deputy.
Secretary Walter Stocsscl
delivered what one eye
witness.callcd "extreme
ly carefully worded"
welcomirtg . remarks;
Although Stoessel's talk
was not made public, the
State Department releas
ed a statement which
aid:
"We" regard tht mn.
ference as ' consistent
Consultative Committee
(JACC); established by
the Carter administra
tion tO' promote trade
and . Investment . in
Nigeria' Chaired by
former -f Agriculture
Secretary ,OrvjJle L.
Freeman,
v At a meeting Marcn
14-15, the committee
discused ways of funding
its activities, including a
proposed office and staff
in Lagos.' But' no deci
sion was made. ; Coor?,
dination is now being
provided - by . an
Agriculture Department
official, Ted Freeman,
who replaced the foun
ding director; Lyn
Engstrand .earlier this
year. The committee in
cludes ' agri-business
firms, food processors,
igis'ssssrsasesi
President Mitterand has
announced an ambitious .
program of government
funded research in elec
;tronics, ".. computer.'
technology,- and energy,
'. The French President I
recognizes ' . that only .
; those countries which r,
, spend money on science.
: and education can hope
r -jzl-
traders, banks, and autcy
and oil companies. t-'
The . American par- -
ticipants in 'JACC." are'
planning to hold a joint
meeting with Nigerians
in Lagos ' sometime this-;
var ncrhanc as rarn; at.1
September. , :
A Study In Contrasts
'(Continuea rrom rage in
I -
to compete in an irtcreas- reject the view that the
ingly ' technological only way to control in-world.-
- flation is to bring about ;
President Reagan's a recession. One of
policies are based on a 'President Mitterand's ;
blind, reliance on market.; closest economic ad
forces . and- on ' a . belief . visers has : stated that -that
hvernment Has no nrh an annroach is "ab-
role to play in securing surd. You can beat infla-
social justice. President, tion only by increasing
Mitterrand believes that productivity." ,
government must be an - No one can predict
important partner in in-. whether Mitterand will
"dustrial growth and must succeed. However,. if his
strive to create a more -policies result " in
just and humane society,'; economic growth and
a society which is "con-" greater social justice for
cerned about its poor French workers, they
and disadvantaged. ' will suggest 1 an in
i France's socialist and teresting model for a way !
social democratic leaders out of the Reagan Ad
ministration's 1 economic j combatting the high in
mess. Mitterrand's social ! terest:- rates; recession, ,
democratic ii experiment ; and high unemployment
may eventually provide which have gripped tfie
some answers to , United States. , 4 '.
developing a policy for1 .'r. - ' ' .
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share tfte rrflsfimfint
light, fresh Saiem lights.
tries included on the trip
Nigeria, Ivory Coast;
and Cameroon. U.S. im
ports from all of Africa
exceeded exports to the
continent by $15 billion
in 1981.
As a result, Dennin
said in a recent article;
"Africa has begun to
loom larger in our inter
national economic think-"
ing as the U.S. has
grown more dependent
on foreign sources of oil
and strategic com
modities," , , ;
The Department of
Agriculture has been en
couraging the growth of
the Joint Agriculture
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stable development. Its
' policies of stimulating
, the domestic private scc
. tor and welcoming in-,,
vestment from , abroad
have set' high
standards." '
; "If ever a society has
prepared wisely for the
future, this one has," he '
concluded.
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