The Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) is a regional trade and economic integration grouping of 20 African nations possessing a combined GDP of $200 billion: Angola; Burundi; Comoros; Democratic Republic of Congo; Djibouti; Egypt; Eritrea; Ethiopia; Kenya; Madagascar; Malawi; Mauritius; Namibia; Rwanda; Seychelles; Sudan; Swaziland; Uganda; Zambia and Zimbabwe. COMESA created Africa's largest and most dynamic free trade area in 2000, which by early 2004 will include eleven member states with over 200 million consumers. In 2002, COMESA signed a Trade and Investment Framework Agreement with the office of the U.S. Trade Representative; fourteen COMESA members qualify for provisions under AGOA.