Middle East Economic Survey

VOL. XLVII

No 47

22-November-2004

TRADE AND COMMERCE

Bush Asks Congress To Lift Ban On ExIm Bank Activities In Libya

The Bush administration has requested that Congress lift the ban on US Export-Import Bank loans to US companies operating in Libya. This continued ban on ExIm programs in Libya is not consistent with the administrations general policy, Deputy Secretary of State Richard Armitage said in a 15 November letter to Congress. That policy is directed at providing...