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The U.S. and Turkey have had a Joint Economic Commission and a Trade and Investment Framework Agreement, which last met in Washington in April 2007, for several years. In 2002, the two countries indicated their joint intent to upgrade bilateral economic relations by launching an Economic Partnership Commission, which last convened in Ankara in February 2007. In 2006, Turkish exports to the U.S. totaled about $5.4 billion, and U.S. exports to Turkey totaled $5.7 billion.

The U.S. and Turkey have had a Joint Economic Commission and a Trade and Investment Framework Agreement, which last met in Washington in April 2007, for several years. In 2002, the two countries indicated their joint intent to upgrade bilateral economic relations by launching an Economic Partnership Commission, which last convened in Ankara in February 2007. In 2006, Turkish exports to the U.S. totaled about $5.4 billion, and U.S. exports to Turkey totaled $5.7 billion.

[[Condoleezza Rice]] ones described Turkey as “a vital and strategic partner of the United States”. But since the tenure of [[Recep Tayyip Erdoğan]] these times are over.<ref>https://www.nationalreview.com/article/348422/erdo%C4%9Fan%E2%80%99s-agenda</ref> Erdoğan - a dictator<ref>[https://www.jacobinmag.com/2016/11/turkey-erdogan-coup-hdp-pkk-syria-gulen-ypg Turkey's Fascist Slide]  Güney Işıkara, Alp Kayserilioğlu, Max Zirngast, Jacobin, Nov 10, 2016.

[[Condoleezza Rice]] ones described Turkey as “a vital and strategic partner of the United States”. But with the rise of Erdoğan and Obama, relations fell into a different mode.<ref>https://www.nationalreview.com/article/348422/erdo%C4%9Fan%E2%80%99s-agenda</ref> Erdoğan - a dictator<ref>[https://www.jacobinmag.com/2016/11/turkey-erdogan-coup-hdp-pkk-syria-gulen-ypg Turkey's Fascist Slide]  Güney Işıkara, Alp Kayserilioğlu, Max Zirngast, Jacobin, Nov 10, 2016.

<i>Turkish president Erdoğan is wielding the state to attack anyone who won't capitulate to his authoritarian rule.</i></ref><ref>[https://m.imdb.com/title/tt7054718/ Erdogan: The Dictator's Republic], Imbd,

<i>Turkish president Erdoğan is wielding the state to attack anyone who won't capitulate to his authoritarian rule.</i></ref><ref>[https://m.imdb.com/title/tt7054718/ Erdogan: The Dictator's Republic], Imbd,

2017</ref><ref>[https://stockholmcf.org/turkish-journalist-goes-on-trial-for-insulting-erdogan-in-fascist-dictatorship-column/ Turkish journalist goes on trial for insulting Erdoğan in ‘fascist dictatorship’ column] SCF, June 28, 2018</ref><ref>[https://euobserver.com/political/147624 What does Erdoğan want?] Robert Debeuf, EU Observer, Mar 4, 2020.

2017</ref><ref>[https://stockholmcf.org/turkish-journalist-goes-on-trial-for-insulting-erdogan-in-fascist-dictatorship-column/ Turkish journalist goes on trial for insulting Erdoğan in ‘fascist dictatorship’ column] SCF, June 28, 2018</ref><ref>[https://euobserver.com/political/147624 What does Erdoğan want?] Robert Debeuf, EU Observer, Mar 4, 2020.