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Africa: U.S. Delegation Joins 20th AGOA Forum
State Department, 3 November 2023
A senior U.S. Government delegation is traveling to South Africa to participate in the 20th African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) Forum in Johannesburg, November 2-4. AGOA is a… Read more »
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Africa: Remarks by Deputy Secretary of Commerce at the AGOA Private Sector Forum
Commerce Department, 3 November 2023
I am thrilled to be here in Joburg to help open this year’s AGOA Private Sector Forum. Read more »
AGOA Forum Kicks Off in South Africa
Officials are "cautiously optimistic" that South Africa can maintain its African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) status with the U.S., as the AGOA Forum kicks off in Johannesburg on November 2, 2023, the Daily Maverick reports.
The United States has cut Uganda, Gabon, Niger and the Central African Republic out of AGOA, which gives eligible African countries duty-free access to the U.S. for most of their exports. The Biden White House did not put South Africa on the chopping block in its annual eligibility report to Congress.
A few hours before the Forum opened, the White House issued a statement from President Biden calling AGOA a "bedrock" of U.S. ties with the continent and endorsing reauthorization of the trade legislation, which expires in 2025 The summit runs until November 4, 2023.
AllAfrica's Esther Rose found out what is on the meeting agenda.
U.S. Deputy Secretary of Commerce Don Graves opening the AGOA Private Sector Forum in Johannesburg.
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Africa: Remarks by Coordinator British Robinson at AGOA - Not Just Another Renewal
State Department, 3 November 2023
Good morning excellencies, colleagues, business leaders and members of civil society all protocols observed. I am British Robinson, the Coordinator of Prosper Africa, a U.S.… Read more »
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South Africa: Measures in Place to Ensure Safe and Secure Agoa
SAnews.gov.za, 2 November 2023
The National Joint Operational and Intelligence Structure (NatJOINTS) has put measures in place to ensure the 20th African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) Forum takes place in a… Read more »
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Namibia: An Opportunity to Deepen Trade and Investment Between the U.S. and Namibia
Namibia Economist, 2 November 2023
"The United States is all in on Africa." President Biden affirmed during the U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit last December. Read more »
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South Africa: AGOA Trade and Economic Cooperation Forum
SAnews.gov.za, 2 November 2023
Growing business, trade and investment ties between sub-Saharan African nations that are part of the Africa Growth and Opportunity Act and the United States (US) holds enormous… Read more »
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Africa: Statement from President Joe Biden on the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) Reauthorization
White House, 1 November 2023
I strongly support reauthorization of the African Growth and Opportunity Act— a landmark, bipartisan law that has formed a bedrock for U.S. trade with sub-Saharan Africa for… Read more »
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South Africa: South Africa Likely to Secure Trade Status Extension With U.S., Say Officials - But for How Much Longer?
Daily Maverick, 1 November 2023
Maintaining South Africa's status under the African Growth and Opportunity Act will save 30,000 jobs in the Western Cape alone and increase trade from an annual R50bn-plus. But… Read more »
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Africa: Biden Announces AGOA Termination for Gabon, Central African Republic, Niger and Uganda
White House, 31 October 2023
Dear Mr. Speaker: (Dear Madam President:) Read more »
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Africa: AGOA Trade Deal Talks - South Africa Will Need to Carefully Manage Relations With U.S., China
The Conversation Africa, 29 October 2023
South Africa must tread carefully in its economic relationships to avoid being caught in the escalating tension between east and west, and more specifically China and the US. The… Read more »
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South Africa: AGOA 2023 - Searching for Improvement in 25-Year Programme for Africa
allAfrica, 27 October 2023
The U.S. is looking at ways of making more of an impact on the continent via the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA), its legislation boost economic engagement with… Read more »
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Addis Standard, 27 October 2023
A US State Department official has disclosed that the decision to reinstate Ethiopia's eligibility for the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) is "still pending". Constance… Read more »
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South Africa: Large African Delegation Expected to Attend the Agoa Forum in South Africa
SAnews.gov.za, 26 October 2023
A large number of African Trade Ministers and their delegations are expected to attend the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) Forum taking place in South Africa next week. Read more »
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South Africa: Ahead of Crucial Agoa Forum, Pretoria Again Treads Fine Line With Stance On Israel, Palestine, Gaza
Daily Maverick, 26 October 2023
After engaging in energetic diplomacy with the US over Russia's invasion of Ukraine, South Africa is once again walking a tightrope, this time on the Israel-Palestine-Gaza crisis. Read more »
InFocus
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South Africa will host a U.S.-Africa trade meeting from November 2-4, 2023 despite earlier calls from U.S. politicians for the event to be shifted, due to South A Read more »
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U.S. Senator Jim Risch has tabled legislation in Congress, aimed at shifting the 2023 AGOA forum that will be hosted by South Africa, to another country, because of South Africa's ... Read more »
