South Africa Applauds US House Backing for Three-Year AGOA Extension
South Africa on Tuesday welcomed the United States House of Representatives’ approval of legislation to extend the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) for a […]
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IMF Warns of Fragile Global Recovery, Highlights Uneven Growth and Risks for Sub-Saharan Africa
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has projected a modestly improved near-term global economic outlook but warned of persistent vulnerabilities, particularly in Sub-Saharan Africa. Presenting its […]
Uganda: Y. Museveni relativizes his country’s exclusion from the US Agoa trade program
In a series of posts on the social network X, Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni put into perspective Washington’s exclusion of his country from the African […]
Africa-US trade Summit in Johannesburg despite tensions
On Thursday November 2, South Africa has started hosting a summit focusing on the continent’s economic and trade exchanges with the United States, following controversies […]
US President excludes four African countries from AGOA
US President Joe Biden has informed the Congress Tuesday October 31 his intents to remove Uganda, Gabon, Central African Republic (CAR) and Niger as beneficiaries […]
South Africa to host US-Africa trade summit as diplomatic tensions ease
Washington and Pretoria have announced that the US-Africa trade summit, which will address the African Growth and Opportunity Act’s (AGOA) future, will be held in […]
US-Africa: AGOA has had a “positive but limited impact” on exports (report)
In 2021, five of the 39 beneficiaries accounted for 82% of non-oil exports to the US under the AGOA. That year, textiles and apparel made […]
The Democratic Republic of Congo once again to benefit from the U.S. African Growth and Opportunity Act
After almost a decade of exclusion, the Democratic Republic of Congo will once again be able to benefit from the trade preferences offered by AGOA. […]
US to revoke Mauritania’s AGOA benefits; Nouakchott denounces the move as “betrayal”
The United States will end Mauritania’s trade benefits under the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) at the start of next year, the US trade […]
Clothing market: Trump suspends duty-free status for Rwanda
U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday suspended Rwanda’s ability to ship apparel products duty-free to the United States due to a trade dispute between the […]