Washington — President Obama reinstated Madagascar's eligibility for African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) benefits June 26 and withdrew Swaziland's AGOA eligibility, effective January 1, 2015.
Madagascar was removed from AGOA on January 1, 2010, following a 2009 coup d'état, according to a June 26 news release from the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) that explained Obama's actions.
...
AllAfrica Subscription Content
You must be an allAfrica.com subscriber for full access to certain content.
You have selected an article from the AllAfrica archive, which requires a subscription. You can subscribe by visiting our subscription page. Or for more information about becoming a subscriber, you can read our subscription and contribution overview.
For information about our premium subscription services:
You can also freely access - without a subscription - hundreds of today's top Africa stories and thousands of recent news articles from our home page »
Already a subscriber? Sign in for full access to article