A new bill in the United States Senate has raised fresh uncertainty over South Africa’s future in the AGOA trade programme. According to reports, the proposal would extend AGOA for two years but exclude South Africa entirely, a move that could hit its agricultural exports hard. 


US Senator seeks to drop South Africa from AGOA

South Africa hosted the African growth and opportunity act (agoa) 20th forum. AGOA is a US trade programme providing eligible sub Saharan African countries with duty free access to the markets in US. President Joe Biden ended the participation of Uganda, Gabon, Niger and the central African Republic in the trade program. Uganda reacted by criticising the move, saying the action was to punish african countries that are resisting the imposition of the west's cultural values.

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