SAIIA #CoffeeAmbush 1: What’s the deal with AGOA?

Negotiations for an extension of the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) have been in the headlines recently, as the Act’s September 2015 expiration deadline looms. This non-reciprocal trade preference programme provides duty-free access to the US market for certain products from eligible sub-Saharan African countries.

We ambushed SAIIA researcher Chris Wood in the SAIIA kitchen, and asked him for a 90-second breakdown of the deal negotiations and their impact on Africa.

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17 Mar 2015

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