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Commonwealth Targets $2 Trillion in Trade by 2030 Amid Expansion
- Togo, Gabon increase Commonwealth membership to 56 nations
- Heads of government met for first time since 2018 due to Covid
Logging trucks carrying Okoume wood leave the Ovindo national park near Makokou, Gabon.
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Togo and Gabon officially joined the Commonwealth Saturday, continuing an expansion of the group of nations beyond ex-British colonies as smaller states seek to benefit from an association that could bring $2 trillion in trade by 2030.
Intra-Commonwealth trade already exceeds $700 billion, Patricia Scotland, the group’s secretary general, told reporters Saturday in Kigali, Rwanda’s capital.