February 13, 2015
Africa: Is the AGOA Trade Pact Finished?
If the renewal process is delayed to Agoa's expiration date of September 30 of this year, it will undermine much of what the legislation has achieved, especially in the apparel… Read more »
August 01, 2014
Africa: Three Scenarios for the Future of Agoa
On September 30, 2015, the African Growth and Opportunity Act will expire. The act provides duty free access to the United States, and if it lapses could threaten 62,395 jobs in… Read more »
Africa: Africa Must Also Lobby U.S. Congress on Trade Law
Next week about 48 African leaders will descend on Washington, DC for the first ever U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit. African leaders are expected to arrive with a long list of items to… Read more »
July 30, 2014
Africa: What Africa Needs to Boost Trade With the U.S.
Ahead of the United States-Africa summit which President Barack Obama is convening next week, southern African trade expert Joshua Setipa outlines what he would say if he was to… Read more »
August 11, 2013
Africa: U.S. Promotes Private-Sector Led Growth - Froman
Since 2000, the African Growth and Opportunity Act (Agoa), which allows eligible countries to export products duty-free to the United States) has defined American trade relations… Read more »
August 09, 2013
Africa: Public-Private Partnerships Can Transform Africa
While unveiling a bold initiative to double access to power in sub-Saharan Africa, President Barack Obama made it unequivocally clear that this undertaking will require private… Read more »
July 09, 2013
Africa: U.S. Can Invest in Africa On Bipartisan Basis
President Barack Obama's recent visit to Senegal, South Africa and Tanzania was written off as a "guilt trip" by some and a "last chance" to salvage an Africa policy legacy by… Read more »
June 27, 2013
Africa: Obama Commits to Boosting Trade, Jobs
U.S. President Barack Obama committed himself in Dakar Thursday to both renewing and improving the legislation which gives qualifying African countries preferential access to… Read more »
March 17, 2013
Africa: Transforming the U.S.-Africa Commercial Relationship
This 113th session of the U.S. Congress has an opportunity to transform U.S. trade and investment relations with Africa. Read more »
May 31, 2012
Africa: U.S. Congressional Inaction Threatens Jobs, Consumers
The United States may jeopardize its relationship with 40 countries in sub-Saharan Africa if Congress does not act urgently to extend a provision of a trade law which allows… Read more »
February 24, 2011
Africa: We Need a New U.S. Trade Framework
As the White House scrambles to keep pace with the fast changes taking place across North Africa, the administration should reassess another vital aspect of U.S. policy toward the… Read more »
July 01, 2010
Africa: Obama Administration Planning 50th Anniversary Festivities to Honor 'Significant Gains'
President Barack Obama will host a town hall meeting next month with African youth leaders as part of a U.S. celebration of 50 years of independence being marked this year by 17… Read more »
September 17, 2009
Africa: Obama Administration Committed to Partnering with Africa - Johnnie Carson
A month after accompanying Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to seven African countries, Assistant Secretary of State for Africa Johnnie Carson, in a major policy presentation… Read more »
August 19, 2009
Africa: How to Boost U.S.-Africa Trade
Nearly ten years old, the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) continues to be the cornerstone of commercial and economic relations between the United States and sub-Saharan… Read more »
August 03, 2009
Africa: Clinton Visits Seven Countries to Highlight Africa as Policy Priority
Hillary Clinton, making her first journey to Africa as U.S. Secretary of State, begins a seven-nation visit Monday with a stop in Kenya to take part in a forum on trade and… Read more »
July 28, 2009
Africa: U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to Visit Continent
The United States Secretary of State, Hillary Rodham Clinton, will begin a seven-nation trip next week during she will visit a range of key countries across sub-Saharan Africa. Read more »
July 08, 2009
Ghana: Obama Visits a Hopeful Nation on a Troubled Continent
Guest columnist Richard Joseph, an Africa expert at the Brookings Institution and Northwestern University in the United States, has been travelling to Ghana for 30 years. Beginning… Read more »
October 30, 2007
Uganda: Museveni and Bush Discuss Trade, HIV at Meeting
President George W. Bush on Tuesday welcomed Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni to the White House, where the two heads of state discussed a variety of issues, including trade,… Read more »
July 18, 2007
Africa: U.S. Agoa Forum Meets in Accra
The sixth United States African Growth and Opportunity Act (Agoa) Forum meets Wednesday and Thursday in Accra. Read more »
July 17, 2007
Africa: U.S. Secretary of State Cancels Ghana Trip
United States Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has cancelled her scheduled trip to Ghana this week to stay in Washington to focus on Middle East issues. Read more »
July 10, 2007
Congo-Kinshasa: U.S. Secretary of State to Visit Next Week
United States Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice will stop in Kinshasa, the capital of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) as part of a trip next week to the Middle East,… Read more »
December 12, 2006
Africa: Textile Producers Get a Boost from Trade Bill Adopted in Pre-Adjournment Congressional Flurry
Legislation that has been credited with spurring expanded American trade with Africa received a late-hour extension from the United States Congress just before both houses… Read more »
August 29, 2006
Africa: Building on AGOA for African Agricultural Trade Expansion
On the final day of the annual forum on the Africa Growth and Opportunity Act (Agoa) last month, the United States and Rwanda signed a bilateral agreement aimed at increasing trade… Read more »
June 12, 2006
Africa: Stakeholders Seek Ways To Broaden Agoa Opportunities
When the African Growth and Opportunity Act (Agoa) was enacted in 2001, the legislation "changed U.S. political discourse with African countries from begging bowl to business… Read more »
September 15, 2005
Uganda: Foreign Minister Hopeful on End to LRA Conflict
Uganda has amended its constitution and moved from a no-party political setup to a multi-party political arrangement, abolished presidential term limits, with a presidential… Read more »