President Donald Trump extends AGOA and Caribbean trade programmes to 2026, reinstating Gabon’s eligibility and ensuring duty ...

Apparel trade groups warn that short‑term renewals threaten supply‑chain stability and U.S. commercial leadership in Africa, ...

The Trump administration is considering how to overhaul a trade preference program for African economies. U.S. agriculture ...

NPPC supports withholding African Growth and Opportunity Act benefits from Nigeria and South Africa until they allow full market access for U.S. pork.

1. Section 5019(a)(1)(A) of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2026 (Public Law 119-75), amended section 506B of the Trade Act of 1974 (the “Trade Act”) (19 U.S.C. 2466b), as amended, and section ...

NAIROBI, Kenya — Workers and industry are bracing for the end of a longstanding U.S. trade agreement that gave African exporters preferential treatment and now leaves businesses vulnerable to new ...

On Sept. 30, the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) officially expired, marking the end of 25 years of tariff-free treatment for U.S. imports of goods sourced from sub-Saharan African countries ...

The Office of the United States Trade Representative, which keeps playing by the old and outdated African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) handbook, despite a shifting global order, has now awakened.

The Africa Growth Opportunity Act, AGOA finally came to an end this week bringing to a close 25 years of duty free access to numerous products from the continent into the US. Started by President Bill ...