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10 Oct

Posted at 09:39h in Latest AGOA News by
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That is what President Cyril Ramaphosa told a meeting of the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) and anti-apartheid veterans during a working visit to the US on Friday.

04 Oct

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Kenyan companies want duty-free access to the American market guaranteed in new trade agreements with the Joe Biden administration. Kenya is looking to wrap up a fresh trade deal with the United States before the expiry of the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA). The AGOA pact allows Sub-Saharan African countries to export thousands of products to the US without tariffs or quotas until 2025.

02 Oct

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BASEL, Switzerland — Landry Signe, Executive Director and Professor at Thunderbird School of Global Management Africa and senior fellow at Brookings Institution’s Growth Initiative in the Global Economy and Development Program, has stated that advancing trade and investment in Africa offers mutual economic prosperity for both Africa and the United States. Signe, has particularly stated that the time for U.S. and African partnership is now ripe and is something to act on immediately.

26 Sep

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President Cyril Ramaphosa undertook a high-profile visit to the White House and met US President Joe Biden earlier this month — but what exactly did South Africa’s head of state get out of it?

Discussion between the two leaders was intended “to address opportunities to deepen [the] relationship, identify next steps on issues of mutual importance and discuss regional and global challenges,” according to the White House’s press release.

02 Jan

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US removes Ethiopia, Mali and Guinea from duty-free trade programme over alleged rights violations and recent coups.

  The United States has cut Ethiopia, Mali and Guinea out of a duty-free trade programme over alleged human rights violations and recent coups. [caption id="" align="alignleft" width="413"]People walk to get food distributed in Tigray. US says it is 'deeply concerned' by the gross human rights violations being perpetrated by the government of Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed and other parties in northern Ethiopia [File: Ben Curtis/AP Photo][/caption]In a statement on Saturday, the US Trade Representative (USTR) said it terminated the three countries from the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) “due to actions taken by each of their governments in violation of the AGOA Statute”.

02 Nov

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WASHINGTON, Nov 2 2021 (Reuters) - The United States plans to remove Ethiopia, Mali and Guinea from the agreement that gives them duty-free access to the United States, President Joe Biden said in a letter to Congress, citing human rights violations.