{"id":599342,"date":"2026-04-22T09:55:09","date_gmt":"2026-04-22T09:55:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/599342\/"},"modified":"2026-04-22T09:55:09","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T09:55:09","slug":"madagascar-united-states-trade-and-investment-symposium-opens-in-antananarivo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/599342\/","title":{"rendered":"Madagascar\u2013United States Trade and Investment Symposium Opens in Antananarivo"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-26060 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/2026-CDA-Mustis-1024x439.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"439\"  \/><br \/>&#13;U.S. Charg\u00e9 d\u2019Affaires Stephanie Arnold today opened the Madagascar\u2013United States Trade and Investment Symposium (MUSTIS), aimed at expanding bilateral trade and investment. The two-day event brings together more than 100 participants, including senior Malagasy and U.S. Government representatives, private-sector leaders, U.S. exchange program alumni, and Malagasy businesses seeking to enter the U.S. market.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe United States believes that expanding high-quality, mutually beneficial trade and investment leads to economic growth, stability, and prosperity for America and our trading partners,\u201d said Charg\u00e9 d\u2019Affaires Arnold.\u00a0 \u201cWe believe in equal partnerships that reduce dependence on foreign assistance, harness each country\u2019s economic potential, and with governments that commit to fair, transparent, and business-friendly operating environments.\u00a0 Together, by creating those conditions and expanding opportunities, we can, as we like to say, \u2018grow the pie\u2019 so that more businesses can flourish, and more people can have a piece of that pie as more jobs are created for Malagasy and American workers.\u00a0 This strengthens both of our economies.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Highlighting the growing economic dimension of U.S.\u2013Madagascar relations, MUSTIS aims to create concrete trade and investment partnerships between U.S. and Malagasy businesses by connecting potential partners and addressing common challenges.\u00a0 The program features sector-specific working groups on agriculture, tourism, mining, handicrafts, and textiles.\u00a0 Following the symposium, these groups will continue meeting over the coming months to turn discussions into concrete action.<\/p>\n<p>MUSTIS is a partnership between the U.S. Embassy and U.S. Government exchange program alumni, which received funding through the U.S. Department of State\u2019s Alumni Engagement Innovation Fund (AEIF) to support projects led by alumni of U.S. Government exchange programs.<\/p>\n<p>The United States remains Madagascar\u2019s top export destination.\u00a0 In 2025, under the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA), Madagascar exported nearly 3 trillion Ariary to the United States \u2013 more than to any other country.<\/p>\n<p>The United States supports trade relationships that are reciprocal, modernized, and aligned with today\u2019s market needs, while promoting a transparent and predictable investment climate that attracts high-quality investment and delivers long-term benefits for both the American and Malagasy economies.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"&#13;U.S. Charg\u00e9 d\u2019Affaires Stephanie Arnold today opened the Madagascar\u2013United States Trade and Investment Symposium (MUSTIS), aimed at expanding&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":599343,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[23,3,21,19,22,20,25,24],"class_list":["post-599342","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-united-states","tag-america","tag-news","tag-united-states","tag-united-states-of-america","tag-unitedstates","tag-unitedstatesofamerica","tag-us","tag-usa"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/599342","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=599342"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/599342\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/599343"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=599342"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=599342"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=599342"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}