US industry lobbies for South Africa and Ethiopia to stay in crucial trade deal – The Africa Report

Fearing supply chain disruption and lost export markets, US trade associations demand a truce on political sanctions ahead of Agoa’s 2027 reauthorisation deadline.

By Julian Pecquet in Washington

File photo of Ambassador Katherine Tai, then the US trade representative, at the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) forum in Johannesburg, South Africa, November 2023.
File photo of Ambassador Katherine Tai, then the US trade representative, at the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) forum in Johannesburg, South Africa, November 2023. © REUTERS/Siphiwe Sibeko

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A broad array of American business groups has warned the Donald Trump administration to stop excluding African countries from the US trade preference programme if Washington hopes to compete with Beijing on the continent.

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