East Africa: U.S. Asks Region to Jointly Market AGOA

7 November 2011

The US has urged East Africa to jointly market the African Growth and Opportunity Act (Agoa) following the slow response to the initiative.

The remarks come on the back of requests from Sub-Saharan Africa asking for the extension of the Agoa initiative from 2015 to 2025 to enable countries benefit from the duty free and quota free access to the US market.

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