The rooms are spacious too, starting at 375 square feet, with good-size work desks and inviting caramel-colored leather chairs for lounging, plus supremely comfortable beds with Egyptian cotton sheets and tons of goose-down pillows.

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On Wednesday night, these three countries plus Benin (not yet members of the G22) called for the United States to eliminate its cotton subsidies over three years and compensate West African farmers in the meantime.

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