Tag: AGOA
USTR announces AGOA out-of-cycle review for Rwanda, Tanzania, and Uganda
21 Jun 17 NewsThe Office of the United States Trade Representative on 20 June announced the initiation of an out-of-cycle review of the eligibility of Rwanda, Tanzania, and Uganda to receive ben...
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19 Jun 17 NewsThe 5th SACU Summit takes place on Friday in Swaziland. Swaziland as the current Chair of SACU has successfully led a process that facilitated discussions within SACU on the transf...
After AGOA: SA must prepare for two-way free trade agreements with US
19 Jun 17 NewsUS Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross says America’s relationship with Africa “has to continue its transition from being ‘AID-based’ to ‘TRADE-based’”.
“To that end, h...
CFTA Modalities on Goods and Services adopted in Niamey
19 Jun 17 NewsThe sixth meeting of the Continental Free Trade Area Negotiating Forum (CFTA-NF) was held from the 5th to 10th of June 2017, in Niamey, Niger, followed by the third meeting of the ...
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13 Jun 17 NewsA selection of updates on the G20 Africa Partnership: Investing in a Common Future
Merkel calls for greater investment in Africa ahead of G20 summit. Underscoring the pressure Afr...
Conference of the African Union Ministers of Trade (AMOT) on the Continental Free Trade Area (CFTA)
05 Jun 17 NewsThe African Union Commission (AUC) Department of Trade and Industry, in collaboration with the Government of Niger, is organising a Conference of the African Union Ministers of Tra...
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19 May 17 NewsLatest tralac Newsletter: Willemien Viljoen comments on Africa’s recent agricultural trade performance
Just posted: Africans moved more freely in 2016, according to second ...
House Foreign Affairs Committee Hearing on U.S. interests in Africa
19 May 17 NewsForeign Affairs Committee Chairman Ed Royce (R-CA) convened a hearing entitled “U.S. Interests in Africa” on Thursday, 18 May 2017. Testimonies were delivered by General W...
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08 May 17 NewsLater this week, in Addis: the Assessing Regional Integration in Africa VIII Expert Group Meeting (10-11 May)
Africa Integration Index: Fourth edition launched (Visa)
This index ...
President Trump signs two executive orders on trade
02 May 17 NewsExtracts from the remarks by President Donald Trump at the signing of two Executive Orders on Trade in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, 29 April 2017
“We believe in ‘Made in the USA,...
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21 Apr 17 NewsFeatured newsletters:
tralac: Protectionist trade policies to address the declining labour share of national income?
SWAC: SWAC/OECD Secretariat signs MOU with University of Flo...
Kenya: Agoa doubts cut US exports 12pc
21 Apr 17 NewsThe volume of apparel shipped to the US under the African Growth and Opportunity Act (Agoa) declined by 12.1 per cent last year even as uncertainty clouds the 17-year-old preferent...
Lesotho’s textiles, apparel and footwear manufacturing industry
09 Apr 17 NewsAfrica’s inspired apparel sourcing hotspot
Employment, wages & working conditions
The combined, textile, apparel and footwear manufacturing industry remains Lesotho’s lar...
Plan to ban used clothes, shoes puts Agoa gains at risk
10 Mar 17 NewsEast Africa’s eligibility to retain duty-free access to markets in the United States under the Africa Growth and Opportunity Act (Agoa) is at risk following concerns raised by Wa...
First contours of a new American-African Policy and a new Era of Trade with the North?
08 Mar 17 PublicationsThis Trade Brief looks at some of the implications for Africa of the election of Mr. Donald Trump as the 45th American President, as well as considering broader international trade...
Trump and Africa: Imagining a positive legacy
27 Feb 17 NewsThe contours of Trump’s Africa policy are emerging, although key appointments, such as the assistant secretary of state for African affairs, have yet to be made.
On February 13,...
SA government committed to resolve the poultry crises
03 Feb 17 NewsA number of interventions are being identified which include measures to boost competitiveness, value-addition and technology upgrading; trade measures; export support to assist th...
United States’ trade with Africa – 2016
01 Feb 17 InfographicsAfrica offers substantial trade and investment opportunities across national and regional markets, and provides significant opportunities for US companies.
SADC, COMESA and ECOWAS...
‘SA to pursue trade agreements with UK post-Brexit’
25 Jan 17 NewsSouth Africa will continue to pursue bilateral and regional negotiations with the British government despite its exit from the European Union (EU), the Minister of Trade and Indust...