Obama Administration Seeks to Modernize Customs Service, Improve Trade [but guess where?]

[Steve Peacock]

Obama Administration Seeks to Modernize Customs Service, Improve Trade
By Steve Peacock, U.S. Trade & Aid Monitor (Nov. 30, 2011)

The Obama Administration wants to modernize the Customs Service, as obsolete laws and practices "continue to make trade difficult and expensive, and often create bottlenecks for commercial activities." Consequently, it is hiring a contractor to devise a reform plan to bring that agency into the 21st Century. Not the U.S. Customs Service, that is, but the Nigeria Customs Service.

The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) estimates it will award a contract in the $10 million range to carry out the goals of the Nigeria Expanded Trade and Transport, or NEXXT, program (Solicitation #SOL-620-12-000001).

The overarching goal of the project is to "improve overall trade and transport competitiveness of Nigeria," according to the Request for Proposals.

The endeavor is one of many USAID programs being carried out or planned for Nigeria, where the agency currently oversees about $1.2 billion in outsourced contracts, according to its own estimates.

[moostraks]

The Washington Times properly describes as a “Victory for Russia,” due to its weakening of American defense capabilities, it is embarking upon yet another program of aggressive uranium exploration and enrichment which will directly benefit America’s enemy Iran, which enjoys a strategic nuclear program with Russia...The move is a part of Russia’s larger gambit to amass as much African uranium as possible, not only ensuring a steady supply of resources for the construction of Russian nuclear weapons, but also guaranteeing that developing countries such as Niger continue to remain hostile to American interests and within the good graces of Russia and China.

http://thenewamerican.com/world-main...rts-in-nigeria

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