May 18, 2021
Africa: AGOA's 21st Anniversary Today
21 years ago today, the landmark African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) became law, inaugurating a new era in US-Africa economic relations. I honor the pioneering Bipartisan… Read more »
July 03, 2013
Africa: U.S.-Africa Policy: We Can Do Better
I applaud President Obama on his long-awaited trip to Africa. He was correct when he told business leaders in Tanzania on Monday that together, the US and Africa have “an… Read more »
November 06, 2012
Africa: Bipartisan U.S. Trade Strategy Works for Africa
It's Election Day and we are still being bombarded as usual by diverging claims on how to consolidate and strengthen America as a global economic power. Read more »
August 03, 2012
Africa: AGOA Action Coalition and the Whitaker Group Applaud AGOA Third Country Fabric Renewal
The AGOA Action Coalition and the Whitaker Group applaud the United States Congress on today’s renewal of the Third Country Fabric provision of the African Growth and… Read more »
August 26, 2011
Africa: U.S. Congress Threatens to Kill Growth Despite Good Intentions
August 25, 2010
Africa: Trade Talk - Don't Mischaracterize AGOA, It's Working!
I find it troubling that declaring Agoa's achievements a "disappointment" has gained currency in so many policy circles. It leverages a pernicious line of thinking, one that… Read more »
April 30, 2010
Africa: Agoa's Architects Unveil New Economic Policy for Obama Administration
Ten years after the enactment of the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA), a coalition of its original architects and supporters on Monday unveiled a comprehensive new trade… Read more »
March 09, 2010
Africa: Create Jobs and All Else Will Follow
Bill Gates' commitment at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, to give $10 billion over the next decade to develop and distribute vaccines to children in the world's… Read more »
September 03, 2009
Africa: U.S. Africa Trade Law Works
In the aftermath of the annual AGOA Forum held last month in Nairobi, there has been a chorus of pessimists placing AGOA in the Hall of Shame of failed policy initiatives. … Read more »
August 11, 2009
Africa: Will Global Recession Damage U.S. Africa Trade Ties?
Writing after last week's United States-Africa trade forum in Nairobi, Paul Collier and Rosa Whitaker call on both the U.S. and African nations to craft a meaningful strategy to… Read more »
July 28, 2009
Africa: Trade Talk - Obama in Ghana
In Ghana, President Obama made a strong, albeit not new, call for better governance in Africa. I was there and witnessed the extraordinary enthusiasm that met the president… Read more »
June 12, 2009
Africa: Trade Talk - 'Not On My Watch'
As the Obama Administration develops its Africa and trade policies, it is critical that it resists pressure from some development advocates and members of Congress to support… Read more »
May 13, 2009
Africa: Trade Talk - President Obama's Emerging Policy
Slowly but surely, President Obama's Africa policy is beginning to take shape. In my twenty-five years of work on African economic issues, I've seen consecutive US… Read more »
October 06, 2008
Africa: Trade Talk - Fixing U.S. Trade Benefits for the Poorest of the Poor
Despite high profile work on the global financial crisis, the U.S. Congress rightly acted last week to remove restrictions on apparel exports from certain least developed African… Read more »
March 15, 2004
Africa: Keep Faith with Africa's Reformers
Four years ago, Washington witnessed a rare moment of consensus. In the heat of an election year, minds met on the importance of drawing sub-Saharan Africa into the mainstream of… Read more »
June 10, 2003
Africa: Agoa III "Action Committee" Formed to Lobby to Extend Life of Trade Pact, Other Enhancements
The Whitaker Group issued the following background document describing the Agoa III Action Committee. Read more »