With no explanation, label text_A→text_B with either "not-entailed" or "entailed".
text_A: Close ties to France since independence in 1960 , the development of cocoa production for export , and foreign investment made Cote d'Ivoire one of the most prosperous of the West African states , but did not protect it from political turmoil .
text_B: France is a geographical/political entity
not-entailed.