US, Central Asian Officials Discuss Customs, Investment Issues at Summit

U.S. trade officials met with Central Asian counterparts on June 10 to discuss customs coordination, sanitary measures and other bilateral trade and investment issues, the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) said in a statement. The meetings, held under the U.S.-Central Asia Trade and Investment Framework Agreement, targeted the facilitation of increased trade flows through 2015, said USTR. Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, and Afghanistan are partners in the agreement. The Office of USTR did not elaborate further on details of the meetings.