Take Our Old Clothes or Else - U.S. Tells East Africans
Tanzania, Uganda and Rwanda risk losing access to the American market through the African Growth and Opportunity Act (Agoa) following plans by the East African member states to ban imports of second-hand clothes and shoes, a U.S. trade representative has announced.
Heaps of second-hand clothes stacked together in Uganda.
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The country's eligibility to trade with the United States under the African Growth and Opportunity Act is under review over its stance on the importation of second-hand ... Read more »