Eswatini: AGOA Propaganda From King's Paper

King Mswati's newspaper is once again misleading people about the reasons why the undemocratic kingdom has lost preferential trading rights with the United States.

Swaziland lost its right to export goods tariff free to the US under the Africa Growth Opportunity Act (AGOA) on 1 January 2015. The trade privilege was withdrawn because the kingdom, ruled by King Mswati III as an absolute monarch, has not met five benchmarks on workers' and political rights.

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