By Howard Lesser
Washington, DC

Last week’s US visit by President Abdoulaye Wade of Senegal to address the United Nations General Assembly and hold consultations with Africa’s western trading partners in New York and Washington highlighted his country’s push for trade liberalization.  African Studies Professor Sulayman Nyang of Washington’s Howard University says he believes President Wade is trying to expand markets for African goods and remove protectionist tariffs and farm subsidies that raise the barriers that keep African goods off American and European shelves.