USAID’s Regional Economic Cooperation Project (REC)
facilitates trade among Central Asian countries, as well as with other large trading partners. Through capacity building initiatives and gender integration strategies, REC expands firms’ export potential, while building business network connections in the region. REC also works towards improving Central Asian countries’ pro-trade policies and procedures, increasing transport corridor performance, supporting Tajikistan’s post WTO accession activities, and strengthening the capacity of trade promotion agencies. read more