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Africa: Doing 'Smarter' Business Recommendations - But Trade Pact Renewal Missing from List
Brookings, 23 April 2015
One positive outcome of last year's U.S.-African Leaders Summit was the creation of the President's Advisory Council on Doing Business in Africa (DBIA), whose purpose is to make… Read more »
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Africa: Supporting the U.S.-Africa Partnership Through the AGOA Extension and Enhancement Act of 2015
White House, 23 April 2015
Last week, Congress introduced several bills that are important to the economic future and national security interests of the United States. Central among them is a 10-year… Read more »
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Ethiopia: US Extends Ethiopia's Agoa Market Access for 10 Years
Ethiopian Herald, 20 May 2015
The Ethiopian Investment Commission Director General Fitsum Arega recently told The Ethiopian Herald that Ethiopia has been given another 10 years extension opportunity for… Read more »
Missed Opportunity to Press African Trade Pact Renewal
The recently created U.S. Presidential Advisory Council on Doing Business in Africa has issued a series of recommendations on how to boost U.S. commercial engagement on the continent. But the report contains only single reference to the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA), the cornerstone of the U.S. commercial relationship with Africa, which is up for renewal by Congress. According to Witney Schneidman, a leading AGOA advocate, the omission of a "full-throated endorsement" of a 15-year extension for the legislation was significant and unfortunate. In a White House blog, two top Obama administration officials issued a renewed call for Congress to approve "seamless, long-term extension of AGOA."
A mother watches her baby at a hospital in Cameroon’s Far North Region where many children under five have been afflicted by severe malnutrition. Strengthening healthcare is a key recommendation in a report by the President’s Advisory Council on Doing Business in Africa.
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8 April 2015
The President’s Advisory Council on Doing Business in Africa Part I
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- The White House
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President Obama's Advisory Council on Doing Business in Africa held a meeting to discuss how the U.S. can strengthen its commercial relationship with ... see more »
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8 April 2015
The President’s Advisory Council on Doing Business in Africa Part II
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- The White House
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President Obama's Advisory Council on Doing Business in Africa held a meeting to discuss how the U.S. can strengthen its commercial relationship with ... see more »
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The African Growth and Opportunity Act, the U.S. trade pact known as AGOA, is set to expire on September 30. With the renewal process moving slowly, the uncertainty could ... Read more »
