The African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) has been the cornerstone of U.S.-Africa trade since its passage in 2000. Providing tariff-free access for more than 1,800 products from 32 eligible ...
Between July 24–26, trade ministers, members of the diplomatic corps and other stakeholders came to Washington, D.C., for the annual African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) Forum. This year’s forum, ...
The African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) lapsed at the end of September 2025. Alarm is understandable — AGOA has been the flagship of US–Africa trade policy for a quarter of a century. But a look ...
A cloud of uncertainty hangs over an Africa-US trade deal set to expire by the end of September, with African unions warning that more than a million indirect jobs could be on the line if it is not ...
The United States has renewed the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA), extending duty-free access for eligible African exports to the US market until December 31, 2026, with retroactive effect ...
With a little over a year to go until the trade preference program’s expiration, the Africa Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) Forum in Washington, D.C. brought together stakeholders from across the ...
The African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA), a landmark U.S. trade initiative launched in 2000, now faces an uncertain future as renewal discussions stall in Washington. If allowed to expire, it ...
This is a guest post by Allen Grane, research associate for the Council on Foreign Relations Africa Studies program. This article was originally published on SSA Frontiers. On May 18, 2000, Congress ...
This week Washington will host the fifth Sub-Saharan Africa Trade and Economic Cooperation Forum, which will bring together governments and representatives of the private sector and civil society to ...
Congress once again appears more interested in the clown show than actual work, despite putting on a false front of eagerness to enable struggling African entrepreneurs to stay in business. Consider ...
It was a timely decision made after much prayer and reflection. Much of the work over the years -- advocacy, organizing, and strategy -- was driven by conviction rather than funding. With only modest ...
On Sept. 30, the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) officially expired, marking the end of 25 years of tariff-free treatment for U.S. imports of goods sourced from sub-Saharan African countries ...