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- 11th AGOA Forum (Washington, D.C.)
- 12th AGOA Forum August 09-13, 2013 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
- 13th AGOA Forum August 1-6, 2014 in Washington D.C.
- 14th AGOA Forum August 24-27, 2015 in Libreville, Gabon
- 15th AGOA Forum September 22-26, 2016 in Washington D.C.
- 16th AGOA Forum AUGUST 7-10, 2017 in Lomé, Togo
- 17th AGOA Forum July 9-12, 2018, in Washington D.C.
- AGOA advice for clothing exporters
- AGOA presents an opportunity to be seized with both hands
- Frame invests R80m to take advantage of Agoa
- Trade between US and Africa growing
- Namibia: Geingob to lead AGOA Forum delegation
- Africa: Trade alks Should Harvest Africa Gains Soon
- U.S. Department of State Announces Follow-on Training for the African Women Entrepreneurs Program
- Trade Ministry Holds Three-Day Seminar On AGOA
- Hillary Clinton: 'Chinese interests in Africa incompatible with our own'
- US seeks stronger economic ties with Nigeria
- Textile sector makes risky stretch to fill AGOA orders
- Africa a focus for US investment
- Swarp Still Awaiting AGOA Export Certificates
- AGOA Creating New Jobs and Investment in South Africa
- US pledges $8.7m to boost trade in SADC
- Museveni Gets 1,000 AGOA Jobs for Girls
- Export Growth Could Be Eroded, Says BMW Boss
- Ivory Coast set to forge partnerships with local firms
- Lesotho's textile industry reaps the job creation benefits of AGOA
- Trade war brews between Uganda and Nestle
- Agoa drives 115% rise in clothing exports
- Ripple effect for ice-cream
- South African Clothing Makers Could Miss AGOA Benefits
- Kenya beginning to cash in on Agoa
- AGOA-Changes 'Good News' For Nambia and Botswana
- AGOA generates R10bn extra for South Africa
- Bush okays AGOA II
- AGOA gets big local response
- Companies take advantage of better access to US markets
- AGOA's eased access to US may spark export bonanza
- Africans Gain Access to U.S. Market Through AGOA
- US expert pushes for Internet trade
- Europeans, Asians eye local clothing opportunities
- AGOA: Gov't calls for free market
- Gambia to Qualify for AGOA
- Worsted Mill’s Currency Concern
- Direct African investment is spurred by AGOA
- Swaziland: Fighting to save AGOA
- Comesa launches AGOA linkage pilot programme
- Kenya to Earn Sh11b From Textile Sales to US
- US Act on Africa a window of opportunity
- Remarks at AGOA Business Roundtable by Secretary Colin Powell
- Agoa's Tricky Side
- Multinational BMW to benefit from AGOA scheme
- If Exploited Well, AGOA Can Make a Great Impact
- Nigeria works to gain from AGOA
- Comesa Offers Free Space At AGOA Trade Exhibition
- U.S. Government Agency Creates Africa Investment Council
- US trade official lauds AGOA
- Eleven Set for AGOA Exhibition
- Presidential Determination on 2003 AGOA Eligibility for 38 Countries
- US warns on AGOA's human rights proviso
- AGOA brings mixed success to Africa
- Agoa Successes and Challenges: A Look Back at the First Two Years
- 1000 U.S. private sector leaders arrive in Mauritius for US-African trade forum
- Clothing and textile sectors cross swords over AGOA deadline
- Market Access Moves Africans Out of Poverty, Says Mauritian Prime Minister
- Zoellick to highlight Agoa trade gains at forum
- A narrow niche for African exports
- US trade will help Africa, says Bush
- Africa's trading ambitions on the table
- US Lawmaker calls for an AGOA III at Mauritius Forum
- Zambia: Textile Industry Urged to Fully Exploit AGOA
- Development of African Transportation Systems Crucial to AGOA Success
- AGOA forum connects Africans to Africans for business
- AGOA Can Create 200,000 Jobs in Kenya
- Agoa's short supply ruling may aid countries in crisis
- 'Take more advantage of AGOA,' experts say
- New South African Textile Projects benefiting from AGOA
- AGOA Stimulates Economic Liberalization
- African exports to US decline 13% despite AGOA's trade boost
- Experts to Discuss AGOA
- Seardel's interims benefit from AGOA
- Ghana Targets Textile Exports to U.S.
- AGOA boosts Lesotho's textile exports to US by 50%, but...
- Make Effective Use of AGOA - US Commercial Attaché
- AGOA Is Opportunity Ghanaians Are Grasping, Official Says
- Proclamation by US Pres. Bush on the DRC and Gambia
- Lace manufacturer ties its knickers into AGOA's knot
- AGOA Exporters in Planned Meeting With Clients
- Erwin to Visit US in New Bid to Attract Investment to SA
- Kenyan VP Urges Flower Producers to Exploit AGOA
- Big textile investment push into Lesotho
- Despite AGOA, Clothing Industry Still in Crisis
- New global-competitiveness hub for Gaborone
- Nigerian Govt Okays 2.5% Duty for AGOA Industrialists
- Weak US Dollar Threatens the Textile Industry
- Live Webcast: AGOA and Ethiopia
- US Hopeful of AGOA Extension
- Levi Strauss Unit to Export to US under AGOA
- Bush to Give AGOA Award to Museveni
- New Industrial Expansion to Create 18,000 Jobs, Thanks to AGOA
- US- Africa Business Summit
- US Picks Uganda for $475m 'AGOA' Facility
- Investor Plans $40m for Organic Cotton
- Exports to US Leap As Firms Use AGOA
- Malawi : AGOA Deadline Worries Textile Industry
- Higher Returns on Investment in Africa, says World Bank
- US moves towards AGOA III
- Agoa III Action Committee Formed to Lobby for Extension of Trade Act
- Agoa III
- Commerce Ministry Commissions American Consultant to Work On AGOA
- Key U.S. Senator Supports AGOA Extension
- US Press Release on AGOA
- Ethiopian textile, garment and leather manufacturers to visit USA
- Business needs to extract more from AGOA
- SA Govt Plans to Draw US Investors to Local Textile Industry
- The US trip to Dakar, Abuja, Gaborone, Pretoria and finally Kampala
- Erwin Hopes Ford SA Will Join Growing Ranks of Exporters
- Final Approval of Exports Via AGOA to Wait
- Expanded trade key to Africa’s future – Bush
- SA-SACU Free-Trade Pact is Full of Dangers
- SA takes lion's share of nonenergy exports under AGOA
- SOUTH AFRICA: Apparel Exports Growing At More Than 38 Percent A Year
- Subsidies, Preferences Could Set Back AGOA Gains, says Trade Minister
- Obasanjo to Sign Legislation On AGOA Says Special Adviser to President
- US Firms in Africa - Business Confidence Up
- Ethiopia Optimistic about Agoa's Window of Opportunity
- Lesotho Weaves Its Way From Rags to Riches
- A Stich in Time - FTA's and AGOA
- Govt Seeks Business Views On US Free Trade Pact
- SACU-US FTA Negotiators Hope to Reach Agreement
- Nigeria is Now Reaping Benefits of AGOA - Sasore
- Strong Currency Squeezes SA's Clothing Industry
- Lesotho's Material Gain
- SACU-US Negotiations: Issues Around Rules of Origin
- Sacu-US trade negotiators set scene for post-AGOA deals
- Kenya Doubles US Exports under AGOA
- Textile Industry Provides Skein of Jobs
- Rand's Surge Hits Clothing Exports
- Southern Africa Walks the Trade Mile
- AGOA: Deceleration in SA’s apparel export growth?
- Ugandan Sub-Region Promised AGOA Funds
- SA Textile Sector Pleads With Government For Help
- South Africa: Mastering the Bloc of Trades
- US-South Africa negotiations for a FTA will prove challenging
- Ugandan Growers Seeking Niche in Organic Markets Through AGOA
- Eligible Countries Gain From Special Trade Programs, USTR Reports
- Zambian Agricultural Sector Struggling To Utilise AGOA Benefits
- US Punts Agoa as Development Tool
- South African Firm to Tailor Clothing Sector Growth
- Tanzania's AGOA Exports Reach $1.3m
- Uganda Keen to Export Organic Foods under AGOA
- Globalisation, AGOA Provide Tanzania Tremendous Opportunities
- Swaziland's AGOA Privileges May Be Lost Over Workers' Rights
- African Business Needs Cross-Border Links’
- Business Leaders to Meet on U.S.-Africa Trade Issues
- Strong Rand Not Good for SA's Clothing Exports
- SA Revenue Services takes on the GSP administration
- AGOA Trade Data for Ivory Coast Corrected
- AGOA Apparel Exports up but Danger Ahead?
- Cautionary Note on Automotive Exports
- Lesotho and Mr Price Have To Face Reality Soon
- Southern African Businesses test US Market
- Kenya's Exporters Want Another Four-Year Apparel Treaty
- SACU - US Trade Negotiations Beyond AGOA on Track
- Civil Society's Voice At US Trade and Economic Cooperation Conference
- Agoa Offers Template For Growth
- Nigerian Minister Says Africa Could Reap $60bn from AGOA
- How SA Can Enhance Trade With Africa
- Problems at Ugandan Apparel Manufacturer
- AGOA Proponents Urge Wider US Market Access
- Ugandan Court Halts Dismissal of AGOA Workers
- NEPAD May Stimulate Increased AGOA Participation
- US Lobbyists Want AGOA Extended
- Indian Investors Eyeing Kenyan Textile Plant
- Nigerian Minister Urges Investors To Exploit AGOA
- ' Ugandan Government Spent Sh5.8b On AGOA Factory'
- US Backs Trans-Kalahari Corridor Plan
- Ugandan MPs Query AGOA Firm
- Zambia's AGOA Manager Spells out the Country's Priorities
- Malawi Seeking Textile Investors
- Ugandan Bank to Enforce Tri-Star Terms
- Ugandan Apparel Firm in Trouble?
- Energy-Related Exports Continue to Dominate AGOA
- SA's AGOA Exports to US Thriving, Says Envoy
- Export Processing Zones Increase Kenya's Apparel Exports under AGOA
- Nigerian Customs Service Braces Up for AGOA
- More on Uganda's AGOA Factory...
- Washington to Host AGOA Forum
- Kenya Textile Exports to US Top Sh11b
- Profile of SACU's Trade under AGOA
- US Socks. Made in Africa...
- Coalition Launches Effort to Extend African Trade Benefits
- Agoa III Trade Bill Introduced in Congress
- Remarks in US House of Representatives on AGOA III
- Africa To Reap Benefits From New Agoa Agreements
- AGOA: Views from Nigeria
- AGOA Experts Visit Cameroon Firms
- US Move On Agoa Set To Boost Investment
- Kenya May Lose AGOA Market
- Wider US Growth Bill Good News for Exports
- AGOA: Nigerian Manufacturers Urged to Upgrade Quality of Products
- "Trade Liberalisation Not an End in Itself" - Zambian Industry Minister
- kenya Lobbies for Agoa Deal in New York
- US Hosts African Trade Meeting Next Week
- Trade Tensions Emerge As AGOA Praised
- US Congressman Says FTA Partners Should Share Benefits With AGOA Countries
- Uganda Pushing for AGOA III
- U.S. Needs New Trade Policy Like AGOA III
- U.S. Sec. Powell And Mauritian Minister Cuttaree Open Third Agoa Forum
- US Officials Underline Pres. Bush's Strong Commitment to Africa
- Benefits of AGOA
- Doubts About Bush Administration Commitment to AGOA
- African Ministers Leave Forum Hopeful But Uncertain of AGOA's Future
- Nigeria Maps Out 6 Strategies for AGOA
- Products Under Agoa Still Subject to Import Rules
- Africa-US Trade Under Agoa Hits $10bn
- $10 Billion Handicraft Market -- And Agoa -- Courts African Artisans
- Angola Added To List of AGOA Countries
- Improved Trading Capacity the Key to Success in US And Global Market
- Kenya Gearing for Processed Coffee Exports under AGOA
- Central African Republic removed from AGOA eligibility list
- Pres. Bush Issues AGOA Proclamation on Country Eligibility
- African Exporters Under AGOA Advised to 'Compete' And 'Diversify'
- Kenya Challenged by AGOA
- Zambian Spinning Mill Benefits From AGOA
- Zambia: US Renews Agoa Status
- Kenyan Thread Firm Seals Licensing Deal
- AGOA is a Reality - Uganda's Muhwezi
- Bush Confirms Zambia's Continued Eligible for AGOA in 2004
- Zambia: Misplaced Excitement over AGOA?
- US Outlines its Africa Policy Priorities
- AGOA's Success Proves Its Soundness
- Multi-Million Garment Scam Exposed At Kenyan Port
- Support Us to Penetrate AGOA -- WEDAZ
- Uganda: AGOA Officials to Brief Parliament
- AGOA Officials to Brief Ugandan Parliament
- Keeping AGOA Alive
- Kenya: Flowers a Growing Sector Amid Recession
- Asst. USTR Touts AGOA, Diversification of Production
- AGOA III looks set for Passage this Year
- SA Firm as US-Africa Trade Dips
- US Releases 4th Annual Trade and Investment Report with Africa
- Uganda's Tri-Star Scoops Fresh $10m US Garment Contract
- How Zambia Can Fully Exploit AGOA Provisions
- Kenyan Minister Cancels AGOA Firm's Licence Correspondent
- Kenyan EPZ in Trouble
- Closure of Clothes Firm is Okay, Says Kenyan Chamber
- Botswana Optimistic About AGOA Extension
- Comesa Seeks Extra Time Before New AGOA
- Kenya: Textiles Extension Urgently Needed
- Lesotho: Despite AGOA, Challenges Ahead
- Nigeria's President Obasanjo Advises Country's Exporters
- East Africa Faces Asian Tigers as AGOA Quotas Go
- Nigerians Urged to Maximise AGOA's Benefits
- Latest Apparel Export Data for 2003 Confirms Lesotho’s Top Spot
- Tapping the US Market Through AGOA
- Decision on AGOA Extension Deferred
- USTR Zoellick Sees Progress On Advancing Doha Trade Agenda
- SA's Exports Grow To $4,9bn In 2003
- Automotive Exports Rise 34% Under AGOA
- Cameroon: AGOA Concerned With Environmental Problems
- SA: Agoa Expiry Will Hang Local Textiles Out To Dry
- Proposed AGOA III legislation - Senate version S.1900
- AGOA Trade Bills May Now Be Harmonised
- Uganda: Parliament Summons Apparel Firm
- Tanzania Continues to be Marginalised under AGOA
- South African Oranges a Top Performer under AGOA
- Investments between Angolan and US Businesses can Improve
- USTR: Africa Needs AGOA Action Plan
- Keep Faith with Africa's Reformers
- Scrapping of WTO Quota System will cause AGOA Exports to drop
- Southern Africa: AGOA Exports Threatened By Dropping of Quotas
- AGOA Adviser Whitaker Defends Business Deal With Uganda
- US Senate Leader Pleads for Passage of Third Africa Trade Bill
- SA "has not used AGOA to best advantage"
- Ugandan President: I Sacked 'Agoa Girls'
- Zimbabwe: Ready for AGOA?
- Zambia's AGOA Exports to Rise - US Envoy
- AGOA: Africa Must Produce Its Own Cotton Fabric Industry
- Swaziland: Textile Industry Under Threat Over AGOA Rule
- Despite AGOA, Mozambique Battles to Penetrate US Market
- Namibia's Clothing Sector its main AGOA Beneficiary
- Political Developments Unlikely to Jeopardise US-Sacu Trade Deal
- Sub-Saharan Africa Earns $8b From AGOA
- West African Stakeholders Share Experiences On AGOA
- Figures Show AGOA Has Benefited South Africa
- The Future of the (South African) Orange Looks Rosy
- Uganda: Demand for Organic Exports Soars in US
- Ugandan President Writes to Bush Over AGOA
- Sierra Leone: Use AGOA to Market Country
- Kenyan Minister Confirms they are seeking AGOA Extension
- Nigeria Can't Get Apparel Visa Status Four Years Into Agoa
- Crisis in Swazi Textile Industry
- Bipartisan Coalition Unveils New AGOA III Legislation
- Kenya: Let Locals Reap AGOA Gains
- AGOA 3 Action Committee Hails Agreement On H.R. 4103
- Clothing, Textile Exports to US, EU Hurt By SA Rand
- World Bank Calls for Extension of AGOA Clothing Preferences
- Renewing Growth and Opportunity for Africa
- Swaziland: New Labour Legislation Passed to Retain AGOA
- "Extend Agoa benefits" say Experts
- African Apparel Makers Desperate to see AGOA III Passed Urgently
- Uganda: Targetting the US with Shea Oil Exports
- US AGOA Backers Press for Three-Year Extension
- Swaziland: Factories lay off workers as US delays AGOA extension
- Ugandan Apparel Firm recruits 800 more Workers
- WTO Rejects 2005 Textile Quota Reprieve
- 'Unique' bipartisanship marks committee action on AGOA III
- Swaziland: Prime Minister Seeks AGOA Extension
- AGOA III testimony before US Ways & Means committee
- Extending AGOA Called Vital to Africa's Prosperity
- Uganda: Africa awaits AGOA III
- Lesotho to host Textile Conference
- Good News for South Africa's Ports
- Zambia: US to Extend Eligible Exports Products
- Mauritius: Talks On Zimbabwe And AGOA With the US
- Tanzanian EPZ still has only 3 Factories
- US Trade Official Cautions Congress Against Delaying Agoa III Bill
- Uganda: Buyers Want AGOA III
- AGOA III Bill Delay "Will be Bad for Africa"
- Inaction by Senate Democrats Said to Threaten Extension of Key Africa Legislative Initiative
- Ethiopia: US Ambassador Hoping for Significant Increase in Share of Agoa Benefits
- Lesotho Traders Lead the Way
- Uganda: AGOA Budget Cut Worries Whitaker
- Mauritius: AGOA Benefiting only the Textile-Clothing Industry
- On the Mark: Rosa Whitaker, 3; Museveni, 1
- Kenya: Textile Industry Has Benefited From AGOA
- AGOA Vital to Africa's Trade Growth
- Ugandan exports grow 129% on back of AGOA
- Uganda: US Senator Asks for Authentic Products
- Uganda to Reap Big From Organic Exports
- Uganda: US an important Niche Market for Organics
- AGOA III Withers at Bush Administration and Senate Indifference
- Zambia: "Relax Agoa Rules"
- AGOA and BEE complementary’
- Uganda's Apparels Tri-Star Invited to Zambia
- Cameroon: Business Delegation leaves for Washington
- AGOA Extension Awaits US Congress Approval
- First Hurdle: US House of Representatives Passes AGOA III
- White House Statement on Administration Policy: AGOA III
- SA Textile Body Seeks US Trade Opening
- AGOA III - USTR Zoellick Urges Not to Stall Africa Trade Bill
- USTR Stresses the Need to Focus On Finished Items
- AGOA III Bill Still to Pass Through Senate
- Kenya Presses Economic Reforms, Seeks AGOA Extension
- US Senator Lugar Applauds Passage of African Trade Bill
- US Republican Royce Applauds Senate's Passage of AGOA Extension
- AGOA's Term to Be Extended
- US-Southern African Trade Deal Sidelines AGOA
- Sullivan Foundation Applauds Congressional Passage of AGOA
- Ambassador Zoellick hails passage of Agoa III legislation
- Southern Africa: Relief for Textile Manufacturers
- AGOA Acceleration Act Extends Trade Package for Africa
- Statement On the Passage of Agoa Acceleration Act of 2004
- Cameroon: Cocoa Business Blooms under AGOA
- 'Agoa Key To An Expanding Relationship with Africa' - Top U.S. Trade Aide
- AGOA III becomes law
- President Bush Signs Extension of Africa Trade Law
- Key Africa Trade Law Extended to 2015
- Nigeria: 'US Extends AGOA to 2015'
- Kenya: Make Good Use of AGOA
- Zambia: Teach Women About AGOA
- Kenya Ports Authority Torches Chinese Jeans
- Nigeria: Weavers and Spinners Constitute Committee On AGOA
- Key Features of AGOA III
- Nigeria: Weavers, Spinners form AGOA Committee
- Namibia’s Garment Exports under AGOA Continue to Flourish
- Zambia: Ndola Firm Exports to US
- US Apparel Giant in Uganda
- Uganda: Museveni Hails US Over AGOA
- Zambia: AGOA isn't only about Apparel
- Ghana: Is the Cotton Industry Dying?
- Uganda: Government to Start More Factories
- Ethiopia: Companies Benefiting from AGOA
- Madagascar: AGOA III Saved Jobs, Restored Hope , Says Envoy
- Mauritius' exports to the US down from last year
- Ugandan Firm in US$ 10mn AGOA deal
- Turning Export Opportunities Into Business
- Malawi: Country earns US$ 200mn through AGOA
- Zambia's Agro Products still out of AGOA
- AGOA Sparks Export Gains
- Africa's Century of Prosperity Has Arrived, Trade Expert Predicts
- South Africa´s automotive sector exports to the US down
- Namibia: Environmental Concerns at AGOA Factory
- South Africa: Clothing Exporters Told to Toe AGOA Line Or Get the Boot
- Breath of fresh air for Mauritian textiles
- "Botswana must utilise AGOA"
- Zambia: ALINC Helps Firms to Break US Market
- Uganda May Export Gum to US under AGOA
- China Calls for Caution on Textiles Trade
- AGOA: Namibia's Lifeline
- Fabric Exemption granted to Mauritius for 1 Year
- Swaziland: Economic Policies favour Elite according to Report
- Zimbabwe: Exclusion from AGOA haunts Textile Sector
- Terror, AGOA Likely to Dominate Bush Agenda in East Africa
- US Professors to Lobby for AGOA
- "Exploit AGOA" Says Textile Entrepreneur
- Ethiopia: Textile, Apparel Industry Receive Morale Boosts
- South Africa: Finance Minister Offers Advice on Strong Currency
- Kenya: Big Cotton Deficit Curbs AGOA Trade
- Kenya: Ailing Cotton Industry Dips Further, Says Report
- Zambia: AGOA Paying Off
- Swaziland: Strong Rand Squeezes Exporters, Layoffs Increase
- USTR Zoellick to Travel to Sub-Saharan Africa
- SACU Apparel Exports Increase Slightly In $-Terms, Except South Africa’s
- South Africa: Rand Making AGOA Redundant
- Global Quotas... Hanging by a Thread
- South Africa: Strong Rand Erodes AGOA Benefits
- Botswana: New AGOA Advisor Joins Trade Hub
- South Africa: Textile Industry Could Get Respite From China
- US-African Ministers Deadlock Over Trade Agreement
- Lesotho: "Country Making Real Progress Under AGOA" -Zoellick
- New Year Threat to Kenya's Textile Industry
- Kenya: Hard Times Ahead For Producers
- Ivory Coast Loses AGOA Eligibility
- Uganda: Sh325m to Boost Textile Trade
- WTO: Africa Hit Hard as Global Textiles Market Opens
- Zambia to Attend 'Fancy Food Show'
- Namibia: Govt Not Worried About Lifting of Textile Quotas
- Zambia: Quality Products Key to AGOA, SMEs Told
- Lesotho: 6 Textile Factories Shutting Down
- Lesotho: New Trade Regime Threatens Economy
- Kenya: Agoa Focus Shifts to Agro Products
- South AFrica: Exports to the US 'Surge'
- Swaziland: Kingdom's Fragile Economy Under Threat
- Chinese Exports Threaten to Destroy Textile Manufacturing Industries Worldwide
- South Africa: Textiles Task Team Revived
- Business Report Shows Increased U.S.- Africa Trade
- Southern Africa: Textile Industries in Turmoil
- Sierra Leone: Country Gets Tractor Assembly Factory
- SA Textile Industry 'In Need of Rescue'
- End of WTO Rag Treaty Rips into Poor
- Namibia: NAFAU Seeks Govt Help to Resolve Labour Issues At Ramatex Factory
- Asian Textile Houses flee Lesotho after Quotas End
- Lesotho:Efforts to Reopen Textile Factories Underway
- South Africa: Textile Top Dogs 'Their Own Worst Enemy'
- Zambia Battles to Benefit from AGOA
- Kenya Could Lose AGOA Benefits
- Swaziland: Huge Job Losses Feared in Garment Industry
- South Africa: Call to Improve Textile Incentives
- Southern Africa: Clothing and Textile Industries Need a Rethink, say Economists
- US-Africa Business Summit: Agoa Entry Opportunity
- South Africa: Crisis in Textile Sector prompts MPs to act
- Namibia: Giant Textile Firm Agrees to Improve Workers' Conditions
- Namibia: Ramatex in World of Trouble
- Uganda: More Investors Still Needed in Textiles
- East Africa: AGOA Trade Grows, But Slowdown Ahead
- Southern Africa: Time to Tailor an Export Boom
- Kenya Bags Sh16b From Textile Exports to U.S.
- Namibia: Govt says it can handle 'Ramatex'
- Namibia: Ramatex Labour Talks On Course
- South Africa: Hope Stirs Over Textile Sector Crisis
- Rag Trade in Southern Africa in Dire Need of a Mending Job
- Fairy Tale Ends for Textile Exporters
- Lesotho's economy curbed by textile exodus
- Zambians Urged to Make Use of AGOA
- Namibia: Ramatex Empties Capital's Coffers
- AGOA : Proposals To Boost Trade
- Kenya: Report Cites Rampant Rights Abuse At Work Place
- CEMAC Countries Establish Framework for Trade With US
- AGOA Can Make Up for Defunct ATC Fabrics Pact
- South Africa: Exports to US reached Record Levels in 2004
- Chinese Apparel Exports To US Surge 546% In January
- Uganda: US Trade Experts Hail Textile Factory
- South Africa: Clothing Crisis Jeopardises Jobs
- Namibia: Ramatex Subsidiary to Close Down
- USA: Court Ruling Delays Threat-Based Textile Safeguard Cases
- Namibia: Factory Closure to Affect 11,000
- USA: Court Ruling Delays Textile Safeguard Cases
- Namibia: Rhino garments Denies Closure
- Namibia: Windhoek Maintains Ramatex a 'Blessing in Disguise'
- Namibia: Ramatex Subsidiary Rhino Garments to Shut
- Kenya: Textiles Lift US-Kenyan Trade
- Namibia: The Ramatex Saga - An Analysis
- Chinese Textile Exports Soar
- Uganda: Tri-Star Export Revenue to Reach $11m
- South Africa: Clothing Sector Looks at Supporting Smaller Enterprises
- Namibia and the Textile Industry: Golden Fleece or Threadbare Hope?
- Southern Afica: Textile Firms Fighting for Survival
- End of Export Quotas Spell Doom for African Textiles
- US Provides Aid Towards COMESA Garment Centre
- USA: Appeals Court Lifts Ban On Threat-Based Textile Safeguards
- African Textile Industry Looks to EU, US for Help
- Clothing Sector: China Warns on Action Against its Textile Exports
- Growing Chinese Exports Menace Africa Textile Firms
- Kenya: Apparel Firms Face Stiff Competition
- Kenya: A Murky Future for Textile Workers
- Nigeria Yet to Tap Agoa Benefits
- AFRICA: Regional Body to Counter Cheap Textile Imports
- Kenya: Firms Reeling From Loss of Textile Quota System
- Lesotho's Clothing Trade Cuts a Dash
- US Throws Lifeline to Kenyan Textile Industry
- Angola: Private Sector needs to learn more about AGOA
- Botswana: Stiff Trade Competition Lamented
- US Slaps Quotas on Textiles
- Kenya: Quota Erosion Threatens Kenyan EPZs
- South Africa: Retail Sector Spurns Union's Textiles Buying Code
- China Fights Back on Textiles
- South Africa: New IDZ Nets Investor for Textile Park
- United States: Govt Approves Four More Safeguards On China
- Ghana: Textile Industry to Be Revamped
- Nigeria: 100 Textile Factories Closed, 50 in Distress
- China Raises Tariffs On 74 Groups Of Textiles
- 2005 US-Africa Trade Report Released
- AGOA Lights a Fire Under Africa's Exports
- African Garment Makers Form Regional Body
- Kenya: President Moves to Protect EPZ Jobs
- China Scraps Textile Export Tariffs
- US Curbs on Chinese Textiles bring little Relief for Africa
- Kenya: 2,000 Jobs Lost in Textile Industry
- United States Pleased With COMESA
- American & African Businesses Partner for Economic Development
- Africa Eager to Increase Its Share of World Trade
- Kenya: Mixed Fortunes for Clothing Firms
- AU Ministers Discuss World Trade Concerns
- China Lashes out at US Textile Quotas
- African Leaders Complain of AGOA Red Tape
- US Businesses see South Africa's Worth
- China Launching Textile Export Quotas July 20
- Deadline for Third Country Fabrics Drawing Nearer
- Nigeria: Intervene in Textile Jobs Crisis, Unions Tell WTO
- South Africa Needs Sober Plan on Textiles
- Agriculture Specialists Examine US-Africa Trade Progress
- What to do to Woo Investors...
- Free Trade Agreements Do Not Protect Exporters - Economist
- AGOA a Success in 2004 - U.S.
- South African Airways Helps Forge Africa-US Trade Ties
- New Mauritius PM wants Sugar, Textiles Deals
- Southern Africa: Textile Industry Undone by Globalisation
- Guinea Bissau: Cashew nuts a new hope for exports?
- South Africa: New Cape Town Factory a R2,5mn Boost for Textile Industry
- South Africa: Investor Glitch Dents Confidence in IDZ Investment
- Lesotho's Growth to Lag Rest of Africa
- USA: Four New China Safeguard Petitions Filed
- AGOA Trade Forum in Senegal to Emphasise Diversity in Trade
- AGOA Forum: Senegal to Host
- Namibian Grapes set to Conquer US Market
- Mauritius to Lobby Hard for AGOA Extension
- AGOA Forum Opens in Senegal
- African Global Competitiveness Initiative Will Expand Trade Hubs
- Foreign Fabrics Would Give South Africa the Edge
- Africa: Problems And Solutions On the AGOA Agenda in Dakar
- Condoleza Rice seeks greater African Farm Imports
- Big Push to Move AGOA Beyond Textiles
- Cameroon: Early Fruits of AGOA Harvest
- Angola to Export Agricultural Products to US
- Nigerian Private Sector Urged to get rid of Dependence Culture
- USA: Government Delays Safeguard Decisions
- Textile Sector: AGOA - Its Future in Africa
- Uganda's Tri-Star Exports 144 Tonnes of Garments
- Botswana Must Diversify its AGOA Exports
- Nigeria Obtains AGOA Certification for Handloomed Textiles
- Botswana Outlines AGOA Challenges
- Botswana: Companies Urged to Globalise As US Expo Nears
- South Africa: Help on Way for Cape's Tattered Clothing Sector
- US and China Closer to Deal on Textiles
- Uganda: Local Textiles Spinning to a Halt
- Trade Offices Show U.S. Commitment to Boosting African Economies
- Nigeria: NEPC Boss, Sasore Challenges Exporters On Benefits of AGOA
- Uganda: Muhwezi Advises Farmers On Agoa
- Southern Africa: On WTO and SACU-US Free Trade Negotiations
- New Impetus Behind SA - US Trade Deal
- Ethiopia Earns Clearance for AGOA Handicrafts
- China: US Textile Talks Fail, New Safeguards Announced
- US to Stick to its Guns in China Textile Talks
- Uganda Seeking to Promote AGOA More Widely
- US President Bush Petitioned to Remove Uganda's AGOA Eligibility
- Uganda Moves to Prevent AGOA Expulsion
- Mauritius: A Duty Free Island in the Making
- Namibia: Government Bails Out Failing Garment Factory
- Proudly South African Campaign 'Can Aid Ailing Sector'
- Despite Successes, AGOA Has Had
- South Africa: Clothing Bosses Feel Hemmed In
- South Africa's Exports Remain Stable, Imports From The US Rise
- South Africa: New Bid to Curb Flood of Chinese Imports
- Namibia Urged to Expand Agoa Scope
- USA: Government Considers New China Safeguard Requests
- Uganda' Tri-Star Gets New Deal
- United States Seeks Southern African Agri Partners
- United States Fails to Find Textile Solution with China
- Uganda: Textile Makers Seek Govt Help
- Uganda to export steel under AGOA
- South Africa: "Textile Industry Lacks Leadership" - Govt.
- Increased US Investment in Africa Important for US-Africa Relations
- AGOA to be Expanded?
- East African Countries to Formulate Common Textile Policy
- Uganda's Cotton Sector Struggling to Benefit from AGOA
- Benefits of AGOA to Africa Debated in US Congress
- Africa and US Must Build On AGOA Foundation
- USA: Deal Reached On Chinese Textile Exports?
- USA and China Reach Textile Deal
- Senegal: New Gateway For Trade Opens In Dakar
- Botswana Garment Factory: Goods Made in China?
- Go Beyond Textiles Says U.S.
- Senegal Joins Ghana As AGOA Hub in West Africa
- Turkish Textile Firm Deepens Roots in South Africa
- After AGOA, What Next?
- Uganda: U.S. Embassy Officials Tour Textile Factory
- South African Exporters Welcome US-China Textile Pact
- U.S. Drops Pending Quota Applications on Chinese Textile Imports
- Ethiopia Seeks to Maximise AGOA Benefits
- Sierra Leone: Chamber of Commerce Says AGOA Enhances Africa Trade
- Southern Africa: SACU-US Agreement Could Build On AGOA
- Uganda: AGOA Under-Used
- USA: Legislators Outline WTO Textile Concerns
- Swaziland Fails to Make Trade Preferences Count
- China: Textile Trade Up 20%
- Uganda Gears Up to Beat End of Fabric Provisions
- Textiles: China Voluntarily Cuts Back Exports to South Africa
- Africa's Export Growth Highest Since 1980
- South Africa: China Remains a Threat to Textile Sector
- Uganda: First Flower Crop Enters US Market
- South Africa: Clothing and Textile Sectors Cheer Presidential Speech
- Namibia: Report Queries AGOA Benefits
- USTR Says US is Re-Evaluating Interest in FTA with SACU
- Uganda: Government to Revive Spinning Mills Ahead of AGOA Deadline
- Lesotho Scraps Tax to Boost Rag Trade
- Uganda: Website to Market Textiles Launched
- Uganda Underperforms under AGOA in 2005
- Zambia's Trade Climate Elates US Ambassador
- Lesotho's Tax Plan Boosting Apparel Exports
- South Africa: Trade Team in U.S. in Bid to Revive SACU Talks
- Ethiopia: AGOA Earnings Growing
- USAID Helps Uganda's Roses Break Into US Market
- SACU: Continued Opposition to Trade Deal with US?
- South Africa: Clothing Industry Sounds the Alarm over Critical Mass
- Kenyan Exporters Tipped on US Market
- Uganda: Textile Industry Receives Boost
- Uganda: Tristar Apparel Gets $20m Boost in Joint Venture Deal
- South Africa: Textile Company Stays Afloat due to AGOA
- Ethiopia: A Look at the Garment Industry
- Tanzanians Shy Away From AGOA
- South Africa: Mercedes Hopes for AGOA Benefits on Exports to US
- Ethiopia: Export to U.S. Under AGOA Growing
- Namibia: Rumours Rattle Ramatex
- Statement by the USTR at the African Union Trade Ministerial
- Loss of Textile Market Costs African Jobs
- Kenya: US to Help Make Goods Competitive
- SACU-US: United States 'Not Budging' on Trade Talks
- US Committed to Strengthening Trade Relationship with SACU
- Kenya: Trade Gap With U.S. Widens As Textile Sales Fall
- Uganda: New Coffee Firm Leases Bugolobi AGOA Plant
- SACU-US Trade Talks: The 'One Size' Pact That Doesn't Fit All
- SA Clothing Industry can be Profitable - Levi Strauss
- Kenya: Support the AGOA Initiative, China Told
- Southern Africa: Is the US Trade Agenda Falling Apart at the Seams?
- US Announces Fifth Africa Trade Forum for Washington
- Namibia: Ramatex Garment Factory to Quit?
- US Invites Ministers to Talks On Market Access
- Tanzania: Exports Grow Under AGOA, But Still Below Potential
- US-African Trade Increased 115 Percent Since AGOA's Enactment
- Lesotho Pins Hopes on U2's BONO
- Namibia: Mixed Signals Over Future of Ramatex
- Private Sector, Trade Main Issues for Africa Trade Act Forum
- 2006 AGOA Report Sent to US Congress
- Namibia: Workers Anti Ramatex Buyout by Government
- Nigeria: Huge Job Losses in Textile Industry
- Malawi Exports $90 Million to US Under AGOA
- Africa: Loss of Textile Market Costs African Jobs
- U.S. Businesses Convene for AGOA Private Sector Forum on June 5
- Letters from Washington: AGOA Forum Private Sector Session
- US Committed to Helping Africa Through Partnership, Rice Says
- USAID Administrator Affirms US Economic Commitment to Africa
- Transcript of Condoleezza Rice's Address to the AGOA Forum
- AGOA Forum: Meetings with Senators on Capitol Hill
- AGOA Forum 2006 in Pictures
- AGOA Forum 2006: Stakeholders Seek Ways To Broaden AGOA Opportunities
- Corporate Coucil on Africa: Assessment of the AGOA Private Sector Forum
- South Africa: Clothing Sector Urged to go Niche, not Fight China
- US Seeking New Trade Pacts With Africa
- Namibia: New Markets for Grape Industry
- Mauritius: Country Eyes Southern Africa As US, EU Textile Exports Flounder
- Kenya: Textiles Won't Save Exporters
- Uganda: More AGOA Jobs May Be Lost
- Lesotho: Positive News from the Textile Industry
- Cameroon: Businessmen Seek Government's AGOA Assistance
- Sierra Leone: Take Advantage of AGOA
- Making a Travesty of Free Trade
- US Rekindles Scramble for Africa as China Pulls in
- Extension to AGOA Likely According to Kenya's Trade Minister
- 'Africa Open to Business'
- AGOA Enhancing Africa's Economy But More Can Be Done
- Africa's Opportunities 'Lie Close to Home'
- Lesotho: Global Changes Impact Negatively
- Opportunities Abound as World Woos Africa
- Africa Urged to Spread Export Product Range under AGOA
- Namibia: Ramatex, Govt. hold Meetings
- Uganda: Cotton Sector Tempts Investors Globally
- South Africa’s Agriculture Exports to the US Growing
- Zambia Strugges to Benefit from AGOA - US expert
- Ghana to Host 2007 AGOA Forum
- Building on AGOA for African Agricultural Trade Expansion
- AGOA Supporters in US Fighting to Extend AGOA
- US: Extension of Trade Acts, AGOA?
- African Investment Conference to Focus on Improving Infrastructure
- Mauritius, US sign Trade and Investment Agreement
- Tanzania: Mission to America
- Proposed Amendments to AGOA Legislation
- Good Morning, Africa
- Bill on Generous Rules of Origin for Africa and Haiti Postponed in US Congress?
- Overview of Proposed Changes to AGOA
- Tanzanian Mill Eyes US Market under AGOA
- Kenya: High Costs Hinder Manufacturing Sector
- AGOA - Increasing Benefits For Cameroon
- Mozambique, United States discuss Trade
- Uganda: AGOA Factory Closes
- South Africa: Exports to the US soar to US$ 4.9bn
- Ethiopia: US Market Promising for Ethiopian Made Hand Woven Clothing
- Botswana Has Potential For Commercial Agriculture
- Uganda: Policy for Textiles needed
- Uganda: MPs blame AGOA Failure on President
- Rwanda, US to further Trade Ties
- Rwanda: United States And Rwanda Hold High-Level Trade Talks
- Tanzania: Country Struggles to Benefit from Preferential Trade Opportunities
- Swaziland: Exporters Battle to Meet International Standards
- Recovery in SA Car Exports to US Likely to Support Bilateral Trade Growth in 2006
- SACU: US Talks are not off
- SACU-US to Pursue Scaled-Back Trade Talks after FTA Process Ceases
- Malawi: Garment Makers Lobby for AGOA Policy Change
- SACU Exports to the United States Show Healthy Increase
- Africa between China and the West: The New War of Influence
- Don't Punish African Clothesmakers
- Malawi: Govt, Private Sector differ on AGOA Fabric Legislation
- Nigeria: US Trains Nigerian Customs Officers on AGOA
- Uganda: Where to now, under AGOA?
- US GSP Set to Expire for Some Countries
- Congress Should Extend Developing Country Trade Preferences
- South Africa's Automotive Exports under AGOA Riding High
- SA President Mbeki arrives in Washington for Talks with US President Bush
- US House of Representatives Passes AGOA Legislation!
- Congress Approves Measure Extending AGOA Trade Preferences
- Agriculture Trade between SA, US to be Enhanced
- Kenyan Manufacturers Hail AGOA 2012 Extension
- Exports to US Continue to Ride the Commodities Rocket
- Statement by the White House Deputy Press Secretary on AGOA
- Liberia: New Year Brings Good News for Liberian Economy
- Uganda: Libyans Buy Tri-Star Clothes Company
- Kenya: Agoa's Lease of Life to Cloth-Makers
- WTO boss urges Africa not to push on trade talks
- Africa: Former Envoy Says US Policy On Africa Aid Has Been Consistent
- Kenya: EPZ Gets New Lease of Life
- Swaziland: Not Much Changes in AGOA Extension
- Malawi Nets US$47m from AGOA
- African, US Executives Promote Investment in Africa
- Uganda: Another Local Firm to Sell Garments to the US
- US and Mauritius Conclude Meeting to Strengthen Trade and Investment Relations
- Gambia: US Embassy Hosts Working Lunch for Women in Business
- Uganda: Phenix to Export T-Shirts to US
- Kenya: Govt to Address Problems in Cotton Sector
- Kenya: Technology Can Boost Exports
- Uganda: President Flags Off Phenix Agoa Exports
- South Africa: Exports to US Worth $7.5bn Represent Slowdown in 2006
- Kenya: Helping the Cotton Sector Turn Over a New Leaf
- Kenya: How to Make the Cotton Sector Blossom
- AGOA Trade Act Seen as Key to African Economic Success
- Nigeria: Country Can Take Advantage of AGOA to Export
- Export to the US, Rwandans Urged
- Uganda: Subsidies to Textile Firms come under the Spotlight
- East African States Earn just $419m from Exports to the US
- Nigeria: Country must make more of AGOA
- Botswana: Nine Companies Currently Benefit from AGOA
- Nigeria Export Council Urges Investment in Apparel Production
- Tanzania: Trade Liberalization and its Effects on Local Textile Industries
- Ghana: US Govt Confident in Country's Economy
- Ethiopia: Country Performing Better under AGOA
- Malawi: Textile jobs face threat
- South Africa: Commodity prices lift value of SA-US exports
- Ghana: Increased exports to the US
- US firm eyes Ugandan coffee
- Malawi: Textile sector fails to meet global demand
- AGOA Forum 2007: US-Africa forum expanding beyond trade issues
- Kenya: exports fall despite AGOA
- USTR submits African trade policy progress report to Congress
- Horticulture, tourism to gain from direct Kenya-US flights
- Proposed World Bank chief has experience with AGOA
- Ghana wants more US starch experts
- Cameroon opens up to business with America
- Angola and US to sign general cooperation accord
- Zoellick's term is good news for East Africa
- Angola close to signing economic deal with US
- Malawi: Clothing and textiles become unstitched
- Botswana: manufacturers bemoan high interest rates
- Malawi: Clothing becoming unstiched?
- Ethiopia: Exports to the US poor
- Ghana: Country ready for upcoming AGOA conference?
- African countries can benefit from more trade
- Condoleesza Rice to visit Ghana for AGOA summit
- USA, Africa prepare for sixth annual AGOA forum in Ghana
- Lesotho: An industry fraying at the seams
- US lawmakers hear expert panel on eve of AGOA Forum
- US Foundation to participate in AGOA Forum
- Quota free access to markets criticised
- Trade ministers to meet in Ghana for AGOA forum
- US-Africa trade increases as AGOA forum opens in Ghana
- US trade act seen as mixed blessing for Africa
- African trade forum makes opportunities possible
- AGOA Forum highlights US-African trade
- Doha round can succeed but question is when - USTR
- US Secretary Rice's remarks for the Agoa Forum
- Go beyond oil extraction in Africa - Kufuor
- African agricultural exports focus of capacity-building program
- Sub-Saharan Africa benefits from expanded international trade
- AGOA Forum 2007: Taking stock
- AGOA Forum 2007: Where to for textiles?
- AGOA Forum 2007: Outcomes of the African Ministerial Consultative Group
- AGOA Forum proves networking success
- Kenya drops down list of top US trade partners
- AGOA has 'failed' to achieve anti-poverty goal
- East Africa: Dashed Dreams
- Africa: Development Through Trade
- West African companies gain export markets
- US and African businesses to convene in Cape Town
- Botswana's performance under AGOA
- Namibia: Scramble on for African resources - experts
- Platinum prices boost SA exports to US
- Uganda’s AGOA earnings drop by 33%
- Tanzania not exploiting trade chances offered by AGOA
- Uganda: Textile industry needs investors
- Liberia: Tackling trade and investment
- AGOA architect McDermott knighted in Lesotho
- Namibia: Ramatex living on borrowed time
- Botswana’s exports to US down sharply
- Africa: Trade transforms economies, reduces poverty
- New AGOA garment quotas published
- Senegal's president pursues trade during US visit
- South Africa: exporters must not miss the AGOA bus
- Uganda: exports now seen as key to growth
- Kenya: Traders urged to diversify exports
- Kenya: Policy measures to enhance value addition
- Malawi seeks to revive cotton production
- Uganda: International markets remain unexploited
- Rwanda: Exports to the USA up by 77 percent
- Botswana: Country must increase exports
- Update on 2007 US-Africa Business Summit in Cape Town
- Africa now at a “turning point,” says Ugandan president
- Cameroon: AGOA - new committee, new challenges
- Uganda: High logistics costs undermining flower sector
- Tanzania: Trade expert tells region to raise export revenues
- Opening Address by South African deputy president at U.S.-Africa business summit
- Cut US red tape, says Namibia
- Skills crisis: China
- Botswana: Exporters ask for trade finance facility
- Rwanda: Country wooing US investors
- Ivory Coast seeks to requalify for AGOA
- Exporters reaping AGOA rewards
- South Africa lifts US exports by 23pc as Nigeria disappoints
- Help Ghana to take full advantage of AGOA - Kufuor
- AGOA Action Committee Plans 2008
- Nigeria: US visa procedures discourage exports - minister
- Africa: AGOA lobby wants improved legislation
- Africa wants opportunities, not handouts
- US-Africa: Trade soars but what about labour rights?
- Kenya’s neighbours
- East Africa: Organic food producers set for visit to United States
- East Africa: Organic food producers set for US visit
- Kenya: Nakuru apparel firm counts export losses due to political violence
- Uganda woos more Middle Eastern investors
- Namibia: President, US ambassador discuss AGOA
- Ghana: Exporter attracts $80k credit facility to export to USA
- Africa: Non-tariff barriers still impede continent's trade
- Trip to Tanzania to solidify Bush legacy
- Botswana: Power outages threaten growth
- Botswana: US recession to lower country's exports
- Africa’s worth in bilateral trade hinges on talks
- Uganda’s AGOA exports fall
- Ghana: Media demand more answers to AGOA
- South Africa: Blow to local textile and clothing sector as SA shuns EU deal
- US Pres. Bush visits Ghana trade fair
- African and western hemisphere textile groups oppose McDermott trade bill
- Ethiopian doubles exports to US under AGOA
- Preferential market access: why rules of origin matter
- Namibia: Clothing factory shuts doors according to reports
- Ghana: Investment follows Bush visit
- Namibia: Setback to EPZ policy as large investor leaves
- Swaziland: Textile sector target of industrial unrest
- Kenya's stability an important US priority
- Nigeria: NEPZA calls for foreign investment
- Upcoming Trade Event: AGOA Transportation and Trade Forum
- Namibia: Packages for workers after apparel firm closes
- Liberia: 'New investment code prohibits discrimination'
- Africa: Pitfalls of export processing zones
- Multinational cuts and runs in Namibia
- USTR lauds progress by COMESA on regional economic integration
- 'Infrastructure hampering US trade with Africa'
- South African embassy lends support to GSP petition for manganese metal exports
- Kenyan firms seek new markets as US orders shrink
- Togo declared AGOA beneficiary on 21 April 2008
- US, Mauritius officials meet to further TIFA trade initiative
- Kenya: Exports shielded from WTO tariff cuts?
- Experts urge effective use of regional trade openings
- Ghana: Business call to action
- Nigeria: 'Essay' on reviving the textile industry
- South Africa: AGOA gets the C-classes rolling from SA to the US
- Namibia: 'EPZ does have positive spin-offs'
- USDA and World Cocoa Foundation announce fellows programme for participants from AGOA countries
- Announcement: 3rd Annual Africa Regional Conference: Organic cotton - integrating the cotton & textile supply chain
- Nigeria: Democracy day - commerce and industry sector in perspective
- South Africa: appetite for products insatiable
- Kenya: Country needs to move fast on job creation
- Kenya: Export of clothes down as American economy slows down
- Africa: Trade talks should harvest Africa gains soon
- Ghana: Non-traditional exports are booming
- Mozambique: Companies not taking enough advantage of AGOA
- Tanzania: Are export processing zones fairing well now?
- Kenya, US eye open-sky pact to spur trade
- Presidential Proclamation: Comores declared AGOA eligible
- Press briefing on
- 7th AGOA Forum to convene in Washington July 14-16
- AGOA Forum to focus on expanded trade, economic growth
- Nigeria slow to utilise AGOA benefits
- Tanzania: Textile factory shuts as orders decline
- Tanzania: Investment Centre denies closure plans
- South African miner’s fate hangs on US decision
- Burkina Faso: Government signs $481mn aid compact with United States
- US Agency supports African business
- Kenya asks US to improve textiles deal
- Remarks at the AGOA Forum by Condoleza Rice (incl. VIDEO)
- US courts Africa before Doha round meeting
- Cameroon: AGOA Forum - PM lobbies for investment assistance
- AGOA Forum ends today
- Deputy AU chairperson says AGOA requires some changes to fully benefit Africa
- US signs TIFA with SACU and EAC
- Aiding Africa through trade
- Uganda: President urges farmers to tap US, EU and Asia markets
- Namibia: Govt hunts for new investors for Ramatex
- Nigeria: Optimising gains from AGOA
- United States New Partnership for Development Act: views from Asia
- Ghana: Manufacturers urged to increase exports to benefit from AGOA
- Swaziland: Textile industry recovers 70 percent of international orders
- US elections: Party platfoms offer insight into candidates' views on AGOA
- Ethiopia: Exports under AGOA excel
- Ethiopia: Textile turnaround spins in $9.7m from exports
- US certification move worries local exporters
- South African jewelry manufacturing facility to benefit from AGOA
- Profile: SACU’s exports to the US up 15% year on year
- Uganda: Inquiry into former AGOA factory
- International textile groups urge US government to monitor chinese apparel exports
- US president lauds Ghana
- New report urges Africa to diversify exports to fight poverty
- Kenya: UN attributes export lag to high wages
- Tanzanians in America urged to bridge trade links
- Botswana: Exporters told to prepare for global competition
- São Tomé hold major investment opportunities for Portuguese firms, says president
- Nigeria-US trade hits US$35 billion, Nigeria-America chamber of commerce discloses
- Changes to AGOA passed by US House of Representatives
- Western financial crisis to affect Africa's economic growth
- Apparel exporters assured of US Market
- Sierra Leone: Building on an export-sector-led economy
- American Congress votes for derogation bill for Mauritian textiles
- Ghana: Non-traditional exports exceed target
- Mauritius: New AGOA amendment gives textile sector a breather
- Africa: Infrastructure is crucial to development
- Is African dream in Obama or McCain?
- Africa: Bush Showcases international development progress
- Africa: Obama presidency would bring new dimension to Africa policy
- US imports from Tanzania declines by $57.2m in 2008
- Analysis:
- Africa: Continent needs infrastructure
- Ghana: Realising the potential of cashew production
- Report: McCain may be better for Africa
- Obama administration expected to support AGOA
- Obama’s presidency will strengthen trade ties with Kenya-private sector
- Africa proud of Obama, but sees little change in US ties
- What Obama means for Africa
- Obama victory renews hopes of SACU-US talks
- East Africa: Obama win great for region
- Recession in US, not Africa’s woes, is Obama’s priority
- Gambia: AGOA training seminar opens in Banjul Friday
- South Africa: In hard times, the country must come first
- Sub-Saharan African textile and apparel inputs subject of ITC review
- US: Sen. McDermott praises choice of Clinton as Secretary of State
- Kenya: Incompatible investment climate causes factory closures
- South Africa: Tradeoff
- Nigeria: US empowers more Nigerians
- Reflections on AGOA
- Kenya: Obama regime will give Africa a sympathetic ear
- Arusha forum: Calling investors, as others leave?
- Kenya: Doors opening for SMEs
- Mauritania loses AGOA eligibility after coup
- Will Obama administration make Africa a priority?
- Madagascar: There’s a story worth telling behind those handmade hats
- Swaziland: Textile industry faces upheaval
- Kenya: EPZ shift to special economic zones begins
- Opinion: Africa needs tough love from Obama
- Nigeria Opinion: Repositioning non-oil exports
- Nigeria Opinion: Repositioning non-oil exports
- Africa: Bush legacy is
- Burkina Faso hails ties with USA, eyes for more cooperation with Obama
- Old ties in new times: Nigeria and the next US administration
- Swaziland: Provident fund head calls for fair trade with US
- Swaziland: Provident fund head calls for fair trade with US
- Zimbabwe:
- Nigeria: Commerce ministry trains exporters for AGOA
- Nigeria: Falling oil prices - time to diversify
- Kenya: Aggressive marketing required for coffee, says expert
- Kenya to host 8th AGOA Forum
- Poor export standard impedes gains of AGOA
- South Africa: Local textile firms to skip SA fair
- Kenya: Textile exporters eye US market in recession
- Nigeria: Benue State partners US on AGOA
- Uganda: Fears that credit crisis threatens AGOA exports
- Africa trade the focus of workshop
- Nigeria: The N70 billion bail-out for textile industry
- Ethiopia: AGOA exports show over 100% annual increase in 2008
- New demands on trade likely to hurt African exporters
- African exports to drop by half?
- Predicting Obama’s Africa policy
- East Africa: US President Obama extends hand of friendship to EAC
- Botswana: Former president joins Boston University residence programme
- Ethiopia: Meles holds discussions with US trade representative, WTO Director-General
- Kenya sets up economic zones to boost rapid industrialisation
- Kenya's Export law to be reviewed
- Namibia: Regulating Ramatex - Authorities shut out as Malaysian investor threatens Namibian environment
- Ethiopia: Local businesses to walk globe through export path program
- Zambia abuzz with plans for increasing honey production
- Doing business with USA under AGOA... Experts moot new selling mantra
- Open letter: Ugandan petitions Obama over Whitaker
- US unveils Sh6.7 billion plan for regional trade
- Obama may come to Kenya soon
- Kenya: Economy to recover amid global recession
- Rwanda: Financial crisis slows Rwanda - US trade
- Kenya: Exports under AGOA still below target
- Rwanda, USA move to shield recession-hit trade
- High costs threaten textile industry
- Obama policies on Africa to follow in the footsteps of the Bush regime
- Kenya: Global recession hits export zones
- Opinion Piece: Where are Africa’s trade soldiers?
- United States set to limit scope of Southern Africa trade talks, says Kirk
- Madagascar Coup government may boot US ambassador
- Obama to visit Ghana in July
- US to double Africa aid under Obama
- Why Obama will not visit Kenya
- Uganda: Museveni woos Iranian investors
- South Africa: Government to boost textile sector
- Africa: High-level engagement with continent has started
- Ghana: Exporters must meet US standards
- Why the US is 'boosting ties with Africa' - official
- US-Kenyan trade relations in the spotlight
- Ghana: AGOA exports under pressure
- Nigeria: Developing local capacity for local automotive manufacture ?
- US pulls the plug on SACU deal
- Nigeria: "Exporting our way to wealth"
- Opinion: Here's a working US development program - stop it immediately
- Opinion: Here's a working US development program - stop it immediately
- AGOA resource centre opens in Nigeria
- Malawi's AGOA exports under pressure
- South Africa: United States relations - a post-election prognosis
- Africa: Trade talk - 'Not on my watch'
- Nigerian goods failing to make global impact
- Zimbabwe's US exports more diverse than most AGOA countries
- Nigeria: Garment sector needs to have specific road map
- Next AGOA Forum in Kenya
- Kenyan exports to the US increase
- East Africa exporters sitting on a goldmine, AGOA meeting told
- EAC lobby wants region to approach AGOA as one
- Africa: United States seeks expanded economic growth
- U.S. African Chamber of Commerce encourages better organization regarding AGOA
- Africa: Agoa forum seeks to expand US-Africa trade and investment
- US hopes Obama's visit to Ghana will spur others
- Kenya: US-Africa trade program shows negative trend
- Ghana prepares for Obama visit
- Brazilians may invest in chicken farming in Mozambique - AGOA benefits?
- Ethiopian textile exports have grown under AGOA – Textile body chief
- Obama: Ghana visit has no hidden agenda
- Nigeria: US trade hits $42.2bn
- Africa: Regional trade hubs help foster US-Africa trade
- Loss of U.S. trade deal could sink Madagascar textiles
- Nigeria's US crude export rises by 16 per cent
- Kenyan exports boosted by duty-free status
- Food and fabric: Can Obama come through for Africa?
- Africa: Agency uses AGOA to spur trade, investment
- Cameroon encouraged to take advantage of AGOA Forum
- Kenya: Agoa earns exporters Sh20 billion
- US-Africa trade improving lives across Africa
- Africa to benefit more from AGOA with a developed manufacturing engine
- Comment: Obama’s Accra declaration and aspects of a new US-African policy (1)
- Kenyan farmers reap gloom from American market
- Comment: How prepared is the EAC for the AGOA meeting?
- Africa: Enhanced US market access critical
- AGOA Forum: Hillary Clinton to visit
- Kenya: Use AGOA Forum to seek new market openings
- Eighth AGOA forum more important than ever
- Africa: Agoa spurs African stock exchanges
- Kenya: President appeals to America to extend favourable rules of origin for apparel exports
- Envoy hails Clinton’s trip to Africa, focus on hunger, AGOA
- Africa: Civil society plays important role at AGOA Forum
- Videos from the 8th AGOA Forum in Kenya - Day 1
- Africa seeks permanent AGOA deal
- Clinton's delicate challenges in Africa
- Hillary Clinton begins 7-Stop Africa tour at the AGOA Forum
- U S trade ties with Africa: Benefits given, opportunities lost?
- Reforms record under scrutiny at 2009 AGOA Forum
- African specialty foods key part of AGOA
- Kenya urges US to help Africa to reap AGOA benefits
- US urges Africa to break trade barriers
- Clinton on way to South Africa after the AGOA Forum
- Madagascar: "Hillary offers trade opportunities to Africa – unless we don’t feel like it"
- Video clips from the 8th AGOA Forum in Kenya
- Madagascar’s AGOA status in peril, likely to hinge on elections
- Regional blocs to help states boost exports to the US
- AGOA success hinges on its permanency
- Obama encourages increased US-African trade
- Challenges abound as Africa seeks to penetrate global markets
- Ethiopia: Local companies seek to penetrate in US specialty foods market
- Can US trade help Africa?
- US pledges aid for African scientists
- Build brands to seize AGOA market
- Comment: The 8th AGOA Forum in Kenya
- Africa faces WTO hurdle in bid to extend AGOA
- Comesa: AGOA should focus on investment
- Africa asking for long-lasting AGOA
- AGOA and Africa's prosperity
- Four ways to help Africa
- East Africa: Exporters struggle to meet criteria for AGOA products
- Africa: Reforming African economies continue to reap benefits
- Trade talk: Debunking myths about AGOA
- Growth opportunity is not well utilised in Nigeria
- Africa: Obama Administration committed to partnering with Africa - Johnnie Carson
- Nigeria: Federal government worried over poor Nigeria/US trade
- Uganda: Government renews support for local textile industry
- South Africa urges the US to extend its duty-free trade law
- South Africa: "Extend AGOA" - Minister Davies
- Nigeria: AGOA - an untapped opportunity
- Remarks by Secretary of State Clinton at the CCA meeting in Washington
- Nigeria’s AGOA Challenge
- Exporting goods? Adhere to the rules
- South Africa: New East London motor plant to fuel exports and jobs
- Nigeria: Investors urged to take advantage of AGOA, TIFA
- Turkish textile firm invests in Ethiopia
- New beginnings, enduring challenges: American foreign policy to the African continent from Kennedy to Obama
- Kenya warned of trade ban risk in reforms row with US
- US market still open to Africa - Rosa Whitaker
- US lobby pushes for Kenya, Madagascar to be retained as AGOA beneficiary
- Recovering US economy presents hope for Kenya
- USTR leads trade and investment talks with largest African regional economic community
- Kenya asked to work closely with trade negotiators
- Nigeria, ECOWAS partner to boost bilateral trade
- Development Bank president set to discuss cooperation and IT during official visit
- Gambia: US embassy, government to host international trade forum
- East Africa: EPZ investors push for a larger local market
- The Gambia: AGOA business forum opens in Gambian capital
- Botswana: 5000 workers lose jobs as textile factory closes down
- Nigeria: Federal government set to revive textile sector
- Bill H.R. 4101 - New Partnership for Trade Development Act of 2009
- Madagascar: Further AGOA eligibility depends on political change
- Ethiopia - TPLF Owned textile factory begins exporting product to US
- Kenya: Experts fault tax incentives for EPZ companies
- Madagascar eligibility: US Dept of State press release
- Nigera: More US investors coming to country
- Kenya to roll out special trade zones in six months
- Kenya: Trade zones to inject life into local firms
- Niger: US suspends Niger aid over democracy concerns
- Three countries suspended from AGOA
- Obama ends benefits for Guinea, Madagascar, Niger
- Southern African ministers prepare report on regional crises - AGOA implications
- Good governance for Africa
- MCC, AGOA : two powerful US cooperation levers in Africa
- Support Kenya cotton sector, group pleads
- Nigeria, US walk diplomatic straining path
- US export window has failed in Nigeria’
- Nigeria: AGOA - Chamber of commerce to assist businessmen
- Forget the World Cup, 2010 could be a difficult trade year for Africa
- Africa weighs Obama's first year
- Has Obama been good to Africa?
- Madagascar: Post-AGOA reflections
- One year later: President Obama and US policy in Africa
- Kenya: Production at EPZs on a decline
- US-Nigeria Trade: Federal Government targets increased FDI, market access
- Madagascar’s economy reels as EU also mulls sanctions
- Africa: EU to peg development assistance on governance
- Nigeria: The changing face of the Shea butter industry
- Botswana: Locals must be part of economic transformation
- East Africa: First EAC-USA Council on Trade and Investment meeting
- Cotton sub-sector in dire straits as production declines
- Sierra Leone's preferential market access to key markets for sugar & palm oil
- US-Africa trade under AGOA stands at $104 billion
- US business to Africa: Stop the blame game (interview)
- The Gambia: State reaffirms commitment to promoting trade
- Global recovery renews interest in Kenya’s EPZs
- Gambia’s trade minister re-affirms importance of entreprenuer training
- Madagascar: Textile industry unravels
- Gambia, US urged to deepen business ties
- Regional players cry foul over unfair trade with the US market
- Nigeria goes trading in America
- Tanzania: US markets invite local produce
- Perspectives from Bangladesh on the proposed US trade legislation
- Madagascar crisis puts thousands out of work
- East Africa: Why the US has joined the rush for East Africa
- Madagascar sanctions
- Remarks by Chairman Donald Payne at 'An Overview of US Policy in Africa' hearing
- Policy Statement: Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs discusses US policy in Sub-Saharan Africa
- South Africa's vehicle exports plummet, but USA exports under AGOA remain buoyant
- Column: 'The truth as Madagascar goes downhill'
- US and Nigeria aim to improve ties through broad-based accord
- Botswana Parliament adopts national trade policy
- Nigeria: Harnessing the gains of President Jonathan's visit to Washington
- South Africa has requested rollover of Agoa – Minister Davies
- 300 Gambian fashion designers to attend textile expo in US
- AGOA dollars elude Uganda
- South Africa: Grant plan for motor industry publicised
- Gambia designers storm the United States
- The new scramble for Africa
- Nigeria, US sign MoU on market promotion
- Swaziland: US trade act a mixed bag for Swazis
- Kenya: Prime Minister issues order on textile purchases
- Swaziland struggling to reap full benefits from AGOA
- South Africa: Exports to US grow as trade revives
- Collier warns against expanding AGOA-like trade preferences
- Ethiopia: Large textile factory opens near Addis Ababa
- Scramble for Africa
- Sub-Saharan Africa enjoying benefits of AGOA
- Obama right to press Kenya to reform
- Africa: Export zones to boost Africa's manufacturing industry
- Congress, USTR Kirk celebrate first decade of AGOA
- Two East Africans chosen by respected US think tank
- EU-Asia FTA affects African textile exports
- Asian countries' eagerness to strike FTA a lesson for African textile sector
- Happy 10th birthday AGOA but why is there no party?
- New AGOA: Merely recycling old ideas?
- Decade-old US AGOA trade program assessed
- The Gambia: New chamber of commerce to rejig country’s trade efforts
- Obama Administration committed to AGOA partnership with Africa
- Old car tires fuel green shoe revolution in Ethiopia
- Kenya: Industrialists see fortune in special economic zones
- US VP Biden’s visit to Kenya signals more US interest in region
- Kenya: Biden’s visit promotes US agenda
- US Government: Diplomacy Briefing on Sub-Saharan Africa
- Clinton: Africa must launch tough economic reforms
- Diplomacy Briefing: US priorities for SSA
- Kenya: Biden's promises to country nothing to write home about
- East Africa: EAC to draw up AGOA work plan
- AGOA creates more than 300,000 jobs in Africa
- Nigeria: Decline in textile export earnings persists
- Angola: Country wants to diversify export to US
- United States, Angola hold high-level trade and investment talks
- African countries urged to take advantage of AGOA
- US President Obama hails Zambia
- Nigeria: AGOA products not competitive in USA
- Africa: Obama administration planning 50th anniversary festivities to honor 'significant gains'
- Ghana, US trade hits $361m in first quarter 2010
- Ghana, United States hold trade talks
- US envoy urges women to exploit AGOA
- Entrepreneur urges Washington to include South African apparel in AGOA
- SACU: Critical meeting for regional customs union
- Zambia: Trade organisation notes under-exploitation of US honey market
- Angola: Luanda port development good for trade
- Kenya: African cheese company turns to the US
- Prominent AGOA textile exporter appointed to lead Manufacturers' Association
- AU summit must focus on all eight MDGs
- West Africa: Civil society groups call for removal of trade barriers in Africa
- 2010 AGOA Civil Society Forum to convene in Washington
- AGOA Civil Society Forum 2010
- Ghana: Exporters urged to intensify exports to US
- Africa: 34 African businesswomen attending AGOA Forum
- US-Africa trade: Time for Africa to add value
- AGOA Forum an excellent opportunity to assess U.S.-Africa trade
- AGOA: African businesswomen at the forefront of trade
- South Africa seeks to maintain AGOA benefits
- Zambia: Mutati arrives in USA for AGOA Forum
- Clinton to address 9th AGOA Forum
- USTR Kirk confident of trade pact progress this year
- African exporters seek a connection in US
- Angola: Governmental delegation at AGOA 2010 Forum in US
- Angola: Trade minister points out new perspectives for Angolan economy
- Communiqué from the 9th AGOA Civil Society Forum
- Hillary Clinton's address at the 2010 AGOA Forum
- US-Africa trade in the spotlight at annual AGOA Forum
- AGOA: A mutually advantageous trade between Africa and the US
- US urged to invest in Africa
- Zambia's Mutati’s strong address at AGOA forum wins him standing ovation
- AGOA described as a
- US focusing on high-end to boost export trade with Africa
- Ethiopian, US Export-Import Bank sign 1.6 USD bn agreement
- Africa: AGOA likely to be renewed before 2015 expiration
- AGOA Forum 2010: Ministers learn importance of adding value to commodities
- Africa, small firms can benefit from trade
- Kenya’s textile exports to US face stiff competition
- African agribusiness leaders network with counterparts in US
- US tells Africa to look beyond textiles
- Cameroon: Government assesses "AGOA adhesion"
- Botswana: Businesses advised to take advantage of AGOA
- Africa: Poor infrastructure hindering competitiveness - World Bank
- Column: Trade Talk - Don't mischaracterise AGOA
- Ford Ranger truck production could move to SA thanks to AGOA
- Mainstream US media criticized for ignoring positive developments in Africa
- AGOA provides solution to real sector challenge’
- Botswana: Government wants to reduce import bill
- Kenya: Textile firms protest at port delays
- Angola: Ministry of Commerce holds workshop on AGOA
- Blog: only trade-fuelled growth can help the world’s poor
- Mali, US sign agreement on sustainable development, poverty alleviation
- Zambia: Trade needs private sector support to succeed
- Nigeria at 50 a goldmine for potential investors
- Zambia to host Africa's honey conference
- Swaziland: Investment agency focused on developing textile sector
- Gambia: US embassy, entrepreneurs meet on AGOA
- Nigeria: ‘Agriculture possesses greater potential for Africa’s transformation’
- 'US is key in promoting Gambia textile market'
- US plays crucial role in promoting Gambian textiles
- Uganda: Invest in agribusiness for development, Museveni tells investors
- Madagascar: Clothing producers face hard times following AGOA suspension
- Export Promotion is the way to go for Uganda
- US car maker's South African plant to export new Ranger to Europe, Africa, Russia
- Kenya’s textile sector to gain from rising US demand
- US government increases funding to COMESA
- Zambia: Trade and Industry Minister Mutati bemoans Zambia’s export challenges
- Africa resisting the threat of EPAs
- Trade hub to address poverty reduction in SADC region
- Zambia: Zambia, America trade poor – Mutati
- Tanzania: Recognizing, celebrating local successful entrepreneurs crucial
- Tanzania: Government to repossess failed privatised public firms
- Mozambique clothing manufacturer eyes South African, AGOA market
- Zambia makes tremendous strides in AGOA exports
- Ghana: Government to focus on industrialisation
- DRC loses AGOA beneficiary status
- DR Congo opposed to removal from US AGOA list
- Congo slams US AGOA decision
- US ambassador to Sierra Leone: “I want to change the war image of Sierra Leone”
- 'DRC's suspension from AGOA is no sanction'
- Tanzania: Up cotton, textile production
- Kenya: Crunch time for textile sector as shortage bites
- Kenya: Cotton shortage may jeopardize AGOA exports
- Swaziland, Lesotho might benefit from SA factories' migration
- Zambia: Clinton to attend 2011 AGOA forum scheduled for Lusaka
- US focus on Africa to rise, but AGOA extension may hit resistance
- Liberia could be petroleum exporter to United States
- US government concerned with Zambia's AGOA failure
- Rosa Whitaker: SA must lobby now for AGOA to continue
- Coats Madagascar unit expects revenue to rebound after AGOA restored
- Zambia: Invest in Zambia- Reserve bank urges the US
- Liberia: Country qualifies for duty-free textile export to USA
- SA trade surplus with US grows by a 'sterling' 80%
- Lesotho plans for life without US trade lifeline
- Madagascar crisis sparks worry, hope among businessmen
- Zambia: 'This is Africa’s moment; Seizing opportunity to turn poverty into prosperity
- Raw materials rule threatens Kenya textile exports to US
- Bilateral trade between US and Ghana grew by 48 per cent in 2010
- Africa: We need a new US trade framework
- Liberia: US trade delegation in country
- Zambia hasn’t taken full advantage of AGOA, says ZDA expert
- Ghana: Free Zones a good decision for the country
- US-Uganda trade forum set for March
- Zambia: AGOA - it's make or break for country
- Ethiopia building capacity to maximize benefit from AGOA
- Kenya: Business picks up in EPZ but energy costs high
- Zambia-2011 AGOA Forum: Clinton to attend 2011 AGOA Forum in Lusaka
- Last frontier for business 'increasingly abandoned by US Dept of Commerce'
- Zambia gearing up for African-US trade talks
- Zambia: Marketing Institute optimistic about June AGOA meeting
- AGOA Forum 2011: How can Zambia benefit?
- Updates on the AGOA Forum 2011
- Botswana: Textiles off to a brisk 2011
- Zambia: AGOA remains relevant to drive export growth
- African countries 'still need AGOA'
- Ethiopia: US clothing brands to scout for local producers
- Zambia: Set up lab, certification centre, US urged
- Zambia: Egyptian company tips govt on US market
- Nigeria: Free trade zones scheme are vehicles for industrial development
- Malawi officials in Miami to discuss trade opportunities
- Zambia: 'AGOA flaws redeemable'
- Zambia: Rethinking AGOA summit
- Assistant Trade Representative dispels myths about AGOA
- AGOA envoys should consider investing in Africa
- AGOA to build capacities for Africa
- Zambia increases agriculture exports to United States
- Kenya: New input rule threatens textile exports to US
- AGOA: Glimmer of hope is not always a life boat for any stressful situation
- 'Real changes needed in policy and implementation'
- Ghana's governance credentials lauded
- Tough US quality checks lock out Kenya flowers
- Africa needs own narrative on future relations with US
- Botswana: Women entrepreneurs sharpen AGOA readiness
- Botswana: Batswana entrepreneurs fail to use AGOA
- Sub Saharan agri exports low
- Zambia: AGOA Ministers push for better deal with US
- Oil still dominates African trade, with talks ahead
- AGOA: Experts want AGOA clause extended
- Kenya seeks new market for EPZA goods
- Obama Administration wants Africa Extension Act extended to 2025
- US government discusses AGOA extension
- Zimbabwe: No progress in improving human rights - US official situation
- Kenya: End of AGOA could destroy textile sector
- USTDA continues to forge partnerships within the AGOA Forum
- Zambia: Regional integration important for trade, says CCA
- AGOA Forum to focus on infrastructure for trade
- Explore Southern Africa’s Textile & Apparel manufacturing industry
- Nearly all booths taken for AGOA Forum trade fair
- Hillary Clinton to visit Zambia for AGOA next month
- 10 years on, Nigeria fails to tap into AGOA export
- AGOA must be revitalised, says African cotton body
- Nigeria and America’s trade policy with Africa
- EX-IM bank could spend $1.5billion this year on infrastructure in AGOA countries
- AGOA: The Centrepiece of US-Africa trade and investment
- US sees hope for Africa in AGOA
- Clinton to tour Africa to discuss trade, development
- AGOA Forum 2011 - media note issued by US Dept. of State
- USTR briefing on upcoming AGOA Forum
- BUSA calls for extension of AGOA beyond 2015
- Zimbabwe: Local business people to meet Hillary Clinton
- Guest Column: The 2011 AGOA Forum - Is this the year that Africa is ready?
- AGOA pre-forum event in Lusaka, with videoconference
- Rwanda: Reforms could help Rwanda to tap AGOA opportunity
- South Africa: AGOA could be used to leverage regional integration
- USADF promotes grassroots development at AGOA Forum
- South Africa eyes AGOA forum for manufacturing gain
- African countries seek AGOA extension, export diversification, more US investment in 2011 Forum
- US seeks greater economic role in Africa
- Kenya urges US to relax rules of origin requirements under AGOA
- African business leaders eye expanded exports under US trade Act
- US commits $120mil towards USAID African Trade Hubs
- AGOA Forum: Continent's upheavals hinder AGOA goals
- AGOA Forum: African business leaders want more US investments
- Americans, Africans debate future of trade program
- US 'concerned' about China business practices in Africa
- Remarks at Launch of U.S.-Zambia chamber of commerce
- Zambian-American chamber of commerce launched
- USTR describes AGOA Forum as 'productive'
- Hillary Clinton's closing remarks at AGOA Forum 2011
- Civil Society Communiqué - Outcomes of the AGOA forum
- African trade ministers want US to extend AGOA
- China dismisses US swipe on “colonial” role in Africa
- Ethiopia to host 2013 AGOA Forum?
- African countries want AGOA extension
- Zambia in spotlight after AGOA forum
- Tanzania: AGOA exports realise over Sh20bn million in five years
- Tanzania: Govt adopts programme to boost trade through AGOA
- Africa awakes and is open for business
- Staying the course: US – Africa relations
- Liberia - President Sirleaf visits US, urges contyiued support for Liberia
- Swaziland: 15 000 employed in textile industry
- Honey industry ups production, focuses on AGOA market
- The shea butter economy: big money and exploitation
- Favorite or prodigal son? US - Africa policy under Obama
- Uncertainty dogs US-Africa trade
- Nigeria: How to tap into foodstuff export market
- Nigeria and the AGOA programme
- Proposed legislation to extend apparel provisions to 2015
- Botswana's textile exports decline sharply
- Foreign investors consider Tanzania too bureaucratic
- Kenya Power resorts to rationing
- Kenya: Farmers embrace cottage industry to maximise earnings from cotton
- South Sudan: Country may be included in AGOA Bill
- US: AGOA apparel extension proposed
- 50 years later: Where did Africa go wrong?
- Zambia: FDA addressing supply, value chains under AGOA
- AGOA Forum 2011 - the next step
- South African ambassador showcases importance of summer citrus to US
- Zambia: Honey council in equipment boost
- SA's ambassador Rasool expresses hope US will retain trade-preference law
- More RSA citrus regions could gain US access
- Africa: Killing growth with the best of intentions
- Challenges slow Kenyan cotton industry's rebound
- Botswana: Ignorance of AGOA hurts Ngami weavers
- Does the space for industrialisation exist for Namibia?
- Zamibia: Be proactive, local entrepreneurs told
- Kenya: Shivers ahead of AGOA (textile) deadline
- Issues slow recovery of Kenya's cotton industry
- Gambia AGOA resource centre opens today
- USTR Ron Kirk applauds Senate passage of key trade programs
- Ghanaian women participate in African Women Entrepreneurship programme
- Nigeria-America trade volume hits $34.6bn
- Pro Bono: Ethics in whole cloth
- AGOA in top gear
- Namibia: Geingob leads SME team to USA
- Ugandan coffee firm eyes AGOA market
- Business groups call for AGOA expansion
- Textiles: Nigeria’s dying goldmine
- Lobbies push for extension of fabric exports to US
- Cote d'Ivoire, Guinea and Niger proclaimed AGOA eligible
- Statement by USTR Ron Kirk on restoring AGOA to Cote d'Ivoire, Guinea and Niger
- Text of presidential proclamation regarding Niger, Guinea and Ivory Coast gaining AGOA preferences
- Zambia: Gemstone industrial park to create 30,000 jobs, AGOA exports forecast
- Awaiting further action on AGOA from Obama
- USTR praises restored trade preferences for three African nations
- Lesotho: Government to turn its back on textile industry (Report)
- US asks East Africa to jointly market AGOA
- Where incentives mean more clothing jobs
- Press Release: United States and East African Community launch discussions on new trade and investment initiative
- US launches trade talks with East African Community (EAC)
- US, Africa consult on reviewing AGOA for increased benefits
- Uganda needs government support on AGOA initiative
- East Africa: US asks region to jointly market AGOA
- The AGOA problem: Africa's hidden secret
- SA-US trade links threat
- Lesotho: Textile industry gets a lifeline
- Q&A: Lesotho looks to Canada to boost struggling textile industry
- Rich states alter WTO agenda – SA trade minister Davies
- Nigeria: Ministry inaugurates African Women’s Entrepreneurship Programme (AWEP)
- Nigeria earns N240bn from non-oil exports in six months
- Madagascar: Donors deliver despite sanctions
- Africa rising: The hopeful continent
- Trade minister launches Ghana’s African Womens' Entrepreneurship Programme
- USTR Ron Kirk discusses policy priorities with trade advisory committee on Africa
- Zambia: Local gemstone company showcases products in US
- Ghana Chapter of Hillary Clinton’s AWEP initiative launched
- SA exports to US increase 16% in first nine months
- US Govt. fact sheet: Supporting South Sudan’s Vision for the Future
- US: Proposes textile and apparel boost for LDCs
- South Sudan: "US gets ready for oil race" - Article
- New US initiatives to boost trade and investment opportunities for LDCs
- Tanzania: Accurate timely market information necessary to farmers, SMEs
- US announces results of 2011 annual presidential AGOA eligibility review
- AGOA eligibility continues in 2012 for 40 African countries
- USTR issues GSP, AGOA annual reviews
- Zambia’s 2011 economic performance at a glance
- US government keeps AGOA eligible sub-Saharan African countries at 40
- Namibia: What impact will an Obama re-election have on Namibia as well as Africa?
- 'Take advantage of AGOA' says Zambia's minister of tradeSichinga
- Cote d'Ivoire: Remarks from meeting between Sec Hillary Clinton and President Alassane Ouattara
- Sri Lanka urged to use Senegal duty free market access
- Mozambique and the United States negotiate new trade and investment framework agreement
- USTR Ambassador Marantis visits Mauritius
- Lesotho’s economy catches flu - from South Africa’s sneeze
- US, Mauritius hold TIFA consultations
- Kenya: Exporters reap record pay from weakening shilling
- Kenya textile firms fear losses amid uncertainty over AGOA fate
- Kenya: Firms see rise in exports to US despite hurdles
- Trade barriers costing Africa billions of dollars, says World Bank study
- Why China’s engagement with Africa is on the rise
- Madagascar textile sector posts 20% growth in 2011
- Former CBC Chair, trade diplomat honoured by international affairs group
- America’s global agenda for economic freedom
- Nigeria: How non-oil exports drive economy
- Liberia’s growing mineral water industry
- Swaziland: Cross border traders happy with Time Release Study
- US president’s 2012 trade policy agenda sets ambitious course to support American jobs
- Tanzania: Firms earmark $23.2m to export investment
- Trucks impounded in Nairobi for smuggling nuts
- Congressman Don Payne - A trailblazer for peace, development and justice in Africa
- Has Lesotho lost its way?
- Swaziland's AGOA exports decline by E200m
- AGOA boosts African apparel sector, exports grow
- 'Shift US mentality from aid to trade' - US Senator
- Africa: US focuses on energy, infrastructure on continent
- US extends trade benefit programme to South Sudan
- USTR Ron Kirk comments on presidential actions related to the GSP
- New textile unit to be operational in Ethiopia this month
- Horticultural produce lifts Kenya exports to US
- South Sudan runs out of time for oil transit alternatives
- AGOA exports surpass US$44 billion
- Cote d'Ivoire: Prime Minister Ahoussou and Ambassador Carter hold talks on US bilateral relations
- Seizing opportunities from a transforming Africa
- Mozambicans eager to do business with Swazis
- Africa: US Congress calls on Obama to engage African markets
- South Africa: Automotive sector gears up for record
- Testimony of Florizelle Liser, Assistant USTR for Africa, on Obama Administration's trade policy to increase US exports to Africa
- Nigeria: NEPC worries over dominance of raw commodities in exports
- Maputo conference promotes USA / Mozambique economic relations
- Kenya: Power outage forces closure of EPZ firms
- Africa: US government, businesses strengthen trade ties with Africa
- Kenya: Country looking to diversify US exports
- United States concludes review of model Bilateral Investment Treaty (BIT)
- Botswana: Exporters pin hopes on AGOA revival
- Botswana: Textile factory to shed part of workforce next month
- Report: Ethiopia to host next year's 2013 AGOA Forum
- Kenyan MPs suggest tax break for large textile firms
- US Congress must take action to renew AGOA
- FDI into Africa accelerates as investor perceptions begin to shift
- Botswana: Key study could rescue ailing textile sector
- A tipping point for US-Africa commercial relations
- Protect jobs supported by US-Africa textile trade
- Kenya: Over 40,000 jobs in textile industry on the chopping board
- USTR urges extension of AGOA's textile provision
- Mauritius, Zambia plea for AGOA fabric rule extension
- US meeting to decide fate of textile workers
- Africa: Facts on textile provisions in AGOA and CAFTA-DR
- Africa: Great opportunity lies between oil and textiles on continent
- Carson: AGOA boosts trade, supports shared growth with Africa
- Botswana: Textile sector's future hinges on June US meeting
- Zambia's AGOA exports soar
- US envoy pushes for AGOA policy, increased bilateral trade
- Africa: The next frontier for investors
- Ethiopia: Traditional weavers to weave their way into international market
- Swaziland: More jobs to be created with renewal of AGOA provision
- Kenya: US Senator Coons tours Delaware native's eco-friendly business in Kenya
- Africa: Continent's time has come, says US trade official
- Africa: US Congressional inaction threatens jobs, consumers
- Nigeria-US oil exports rose to $34bn in 2011
- Mauritius Ambassador seeks extension of AGOA provision
- US, West African customs officials discuss requirements of AGOA
- ‘Zambia, US trade unbalanced’
- AGOA: Nigeria exports to US hit USD44bn
- AGOA Forum 2012 Washington - Programme details
- US-Sub Saharan (Ministerial session) trade forum begins in Washington Thursday
- US Assistant Sec of State to give keynote address at CSO AGOA Forum
- Eleventh AGOA Forum focusing on infrastructure
- Sec Clinton to deliver opening remarks at AGOA Ministerial Forum
- Rule to encourage Africa trade set to expire
- 'Politics' blocking African trade bill-USTR Kirk
- US Chamber of Commerce letter on AGOA third country fabric provision
- On-the-Record Briefing - Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs Johnny Carson and Deputy Trade Representative Ambassador Demetrios Marantis
- White House fact sheet on 'New Strategy Toward Sub-Saharan Africa'
- Africa: Clinton applauds AGOA at 11th Forum kick-off (incl. link to video)
- White House Factsheet on new strategy towards Africa, plus overview of past US engagement with Africa
- Zambia: Tackle non-tariff barriers, urges US expert
- US, South Africa step up trade relationship
- East Africa, US to pursue trade and investment partnership
- US trade official's closing remarks at AGOA Forum
- USTR Ron Kirk and South Africa's trade minister Rob Davies sign agreement to enhance trade and investment
- AGOA session highlights civil society's importance to prosperity
- Rep. Baucus, Sen. Hatch introduce bill to support jobs, strengthen trade ties with Sub-Saharan Africa and Central America
- 11th AGOA Forum ends in Washington
- Rwanda: Transport hurdles limit AGOA benefits
- US Congress looks to extend AGOA apparel provisions
- Congressional testimony on embracing Africa's potential, delivered by Assistant Secretary Johnnie Carson
- Senate Committee holds hearing on Africa's market potential (transcript)
- Tanzania: DITF calls upon Tantrade to study AGOA needs
- Africa on the rise - opinion piece
- FDI inflows to sub-Saharan Africa on the rise
- East Africa: EAC earns US$202 million from AGOA exports
- A second look at AGOA - opinion piece
- AGOA uncertainty hurts textile workers
- USTR lauds Senate Finance Committee's passing of AGOA fabric extension
- East Africa: 'New trade deal between EAC and US good, but who cares?'
- United States: Senate Finance Committee approves bills
- Africa: Senator Coons talks about the importance of open markets between US and Africa
- Senator Coburn seeks to split African Trade/CAFTA/Burma legislation-Sen Baucus objects
- Senator Coburn vows to block unanimous consent vote on bill to assist African economies
- A world of change: Competition changes Africa’s economic paradigm
- US orders dip as AGOA provision extension gets stalled
- The Obama Administration's economic strategy for Africa
- House of Reps passes AGOA fabric provisions
- Senate rejects Coburn amendment, passes AGOA fabric provisions
- USTR Ron Kirk applauds Congressional renewal of AGOA’S third-country fabric provision
- US Congress approves lifeline for African clothing
- South Africa's trade minister Davies: 'Africa is booming'
- Senators Coons, Isakson praise Senate's reauthorization of key provision of Africa trade law
- South Africa gears up for AGOA-extension charm offensive
- AGOA Action Coalition and the Whitaker Group applaud AGOA third country fabric renewal
- Strengthening trade relations with Africa
- South Africa calls for extension of AGOA
- SA ambassador to US Ebrahim Rasool welcomes AGOA extension
- Clothing industry seeks change in SA’s AGOA status
- SA Minister Davies urges US to invest long-term in Africa
- SA’s Brics status not a ‘stigma’, US says as it weighs AGOA’s future
- South Africa speaks with rare authority - Clinton
- South Africa: US 'committed to AGOA', Clinton tells SA
- Statement by the press secretary on the passing of Bill H.R. 5986
- South Africa: Reporter's notebook - Hillary & Maite
- South Africa: Car-makers lobby US on trade deal
- South Africa's AGOA future is uncertain
- Favorable trade provision for Africa extended
- SA sharpening its AGOA-extension arguments as 2015 looms
- US aims to step up trade activity in Africa
- Nigeria’s oil product import from US rises
- Botswana: Trade minister urges textile firms to exploit AGOA provision
- Obama declares Nigeria world’s next economic giant
- AGOA boosts SA-US trade
- SA hopes for expanded AGOA coverage, but prioritises extension
- Liberia: US trade delegation on wine promotion tour
- Africa: Continent's nations should trade with each other
- How to boost US-African trade
- Mozambique hopes to rebuild clothing sector
- Johnnie Carson: America's Mr Africa
- The United States' partnership with Africa (by Hillary Clinton)
- Zambia: Food exporter gains US FDA export license
- Trade and Technologies: Africa in the Year 2022
- US Trade Ambassador Marantis begins three-country East Africa visit in Burundi
- When a success isn't: Africa's clothing export numbers, debunked
- US: Walmart, South Africa Citrus Growers celebrate benefits of export program
- US Trade Ambassador Marantis to visit apparel factory UAL in Kenya
- EAC and US take 'important steps' toward trade partnership
- Zambia: Manufacturing sector records growth
- Africa mulls Obama's presidency
- Visiting US Secretary commends Uganda on AGOA
- Rising costs in Asia makes AGOA countries attractive
- Africa: Hidden in plain sight - a bipartisan trade strategy that works
- Africa seeks deeper relations with Obama after election victory
- Analysis: So now what for Obama?
- What will four more years of Barack Obama mean for Africa?
- Africa: Could President Obama's re-election signal an opportunity to deepen economic ties and boost job creation in US and Africa?
- Expiring provision extended, but little to 'strengthen' the law
- Zambia: Extend AGOA facility, says Sichinga
- Obama follows up Africa strategy with 'doing business' campaign
- 'Obama eager to extend AGOA'
- South Africa 'must be part of AGOA for sake of neighbours'
- US hints at renewing AGOA after 2015 expiration
- Obama and Africa
- East Africa: New US plan to boost business
- Africa: The perfect storm for an enhanced AGOA
- US official rebuts Africa trade criticism
- Text of presidential proclamation regarding Mali and Guinea-Bissau losing AGOA preferences
- Obama withdraws AGOA preferences from Mali and Guinea-Bissau, confirms addition of South Sudan
- Ethiopia: Preparation underway to successfully host 2013 AGOA forum
- The future of AGOA and US-Africa trade
- Madagascar's exclusion from AGOA to continue for now
- Ghana: Pan-African Business Forum calls on Obama to strengthen MCA
- Behind the times: Washington's slow changing attitude to Africa
- Where next? US-Africa relations under a second term
- Hagel, Kerry, and Brennan Senate confirmation hearings: US policy on Sub-Saharan Africa
- Walmart adopts zero tolerance policy for global sourcing
- US proposes (flexibility in) sourcing of 'scarce' textiles outside TPP-bloc
- South Africa: Car exporters reassured on Agoa
- Sierra Leone: Four products certified for US export
- Unleashing the US investor in Africa: A critique of US policy toward the continent
- AGOA initiative expands to northern Uganda
- Uganda: AGOA SMEs ask for tax reduction
- Mercedes-Benz optimistic about South Africa
- Botswana: Textile sector eyes P500 million bailout
- Reviving Nigeria's ailing textile industry
- Zambia: AGOA not fully exploited
- US trade policy can’t fix waning demand
- US business community still upbeat about South Africa, Africa
- US-Africa trade up more than 500% since 2001 but many African countries losing out
- Tanzanian Cotton Board seeks revival of textile industries
- US Senator urges early renewal of Africa trade bill
- US engagement with the rising continent: Embracing Africa’s economic potential
- TIFA will help ease trade in West Africa
- US trade stalemate pregnant with possibility
- Botswana: Textile exports plunge 67 percent
- Dem. Rep. Bass: US needs to strengthen trade ties with Africa
- Malawi, US seek to boost bilateral trade, investment
- Transforming the US-Africa commercial relationship
- West Africa: US and West African countries work towards trade deal
- South Africa: Clothing, textiles can contribute to job creation
- Source Africa showcases Africa’s best textiles and apparel
- Lesotho: Growth in textiles and clothing plays central role in jobs creation
- Weaving Success - SA textile industry has great job potential
- Kenya: Origin Africa takes center stage in New York
- Ethiopia preparing for the 12th AGOA Forum
- East Africa: Kenya pips Tanzania in AGOA Trade
- Labour laws keep South Africa's textile industry struggling along
- Gambia: Trade ministry, US embassy poised to improve bilateral trade, investment
- Requests for funds to dominate Obama’s visit to Africa
- US unwisely ignores sub-Saharan Africa - Former US Ambassador John Price
- South Africa: Turning waste into wealth
- Two-day AGOA mid-term review ahead of Forum on the way
- EAC-US trade deal fair, says Rwanda Trade Minister Kanimba
- Nigeria: Stakeholders chart way towards reviving textile sector
- Obama's upcoming visit to deepen Africa ties
- Uganda: Ban second-hand clothing imports to grow local industry
- New AGOA Forum 2013 dates announced
- Zambia, America relations requires further growth in prosperity and investment trade - Ambassador Storella
- US stresses Importance of doing business in Nigeria, others
- Obama visit to highlight South Africa, US ties
- Obama's African outlook splits opinion
- South Africa to gauge AGOA-extension temperature during Obama visit
- Kenya seeks 10-year extension of AGOA
- Experts Weekly: What next for US-Africa relations?
- Time to set South Africa-US trade on a fresh trajectory
- South Africa: Government and business leaders need to lobby for United States to extend AGOA
- AGOA 'essential' to South Africa's trade with the US
- US officials highlight opportunity for Ethiopia's future
- Obama vows "improved AGOA" during Africa visit
- New partnership with United States 'will be hard to resist'
- Obama sets out vision of US-Africa partnership
- Tanzania: Obama launches major African trade initiative
- Obama backs AGOA extension
- Obama’s Africa trip: Symbolism and substance
- Botswana's AGOA textile exports tumble
- Ghana exports goods worth $ 137mn to US during first 5 months of 2013
- AGOA pamphlet published by US State Department
- Ethiopia takes steps to derive benefits from US-Africa trade pact
- African leaders call on Congress to renew trade pact for 15 years
- US-Africa trade a powerful engine for growth
- Ethiopia: Preparations for AGOA Forum 2013 'completed'
- US officials’ briefing on 2013 AGOA Forum
- Africa-US joint session on AGOA held in Washington
- Ten year extension sought for AGOA
- East Africa: Obama's deal to double East African Community trade
- US says it's unrealistic to make AGOA permanent
- ‘AGOA extension will unleash African businesses’
- US-Africa: A win-win trade and energy agenda to address poverty
- Twist in planned AGOA renewal talks? (includes Audio)
- Letter from America: US to debate extension of AGOA in Addis Ababa
- Addis forum to discuss future of AGOA
- AGOA: An opportunity for Obama to define his Africa legacy
- US wants seamless renewal of AGOA
- Africa makes a strong case for continued preferential trade with the US
- Africa needs to be competitive to maximize its AGOA gains
- Ethiopia: Not simply 'business as usual' for Ethiopia's AGOA ambitions
- US seeks new trade deal with a changing Africa as AGOA talks kick off
- AGOA: African Union perspectives on its future
- USTR Froman announces new efforts to strengthen ties with the East African Communityunder President Obama’s Trade Africa initiative
- USTR Mike Froman encourages US-Africa economic expansion
- US seeks better access to Africa as part of AGOA review
- Kenya in AGOA 'hitch'
- Africa: AGOA not imperiled after all?
- US eyes competition with Europe for Africa trade
- USTR Mike Froman's address at the AGOA Forum 2013
- Remarks: AGOA’s future – Dialogue with members of Congress
- The AGOA Forum: Promoting sustainable growth in Africa through trade and technology
- Zambia: Government seeks help in formulating effective AGOA strategy
- Congress should pave the way for a US–Africa Free Trade Agreement - Report
- Tobacco, cashew nuts Tanzania's potential AGOA export bailout
- Ghana: Agribusinesses, poultry and others to get support
- South Africa: Trade and Industry committee lauds trade initiatives with United States
- Zambia: Government to revive textile sector
- Nigeria: Partnering to enlighten local SMEs on export compliance issues
- AGOA review focuses on need for 2015 update
- Nigeria: Firm targets 3,000 textiles, garment workers
- Zambia: Government, stakeholders' AGOA review timely
- SA trade minister Davies assures US that AGOA is valuable
- South Africa: AGOA - more critical than ever to both African and US economies
- US and Sub-Saharan Africa will see increased trade growth, says DHL
- American Chamber to lobby for AGOA extension
- Voice of business: Valid reasons to continue AGOA
- US publishes new annual limit on AGOA apparel imports
- US firms lobby for South Africa to stay in AGOA
- President Obama and Africa: Still a work in progress
- US & African companies call for immediate renewal of AGOA
- Why Congress should extend AGOA now
- US groups lobby for extension of AGOA
- Ghana: 'Blue Skies' fruit exports to hit American market
- Ambassadors briefed on President Obama's Power Africa initiative
- Ghana cuts down trade balance with US to $484m with high exports in 2013
- Nigeria yet to benefit from AGOA, says envoy
- What we know and don't know about trade with Africa
- AGOA rules: The intended and unintended consequences of special fabric provisions
- US: AGOA prompts four trade investigations
- Next steps for trade with Africa - opinion piece
- US agriculture interest group urges trade barrier rules
- How Africa can attract China's investors in the apparel industry
- Swahili Fashion Week partners USAID & COMPETE
- US food producers lobby against AGOA
- US plans to deepen ties with Gambia
- Burundi to benefit from AGOA by boosting apparel sector
- South Sudan: President Kiir lures foreign investors despite institutional weaknesses
- Bipartisan Congressional leaders push to increase effectiveness of AGOA, landmark legislation to boost US-Africa trade
- Debate concerning renewal of AGOA has begun
- Mali again eligible for trade benefits under AGOA, Swaziland subject to special review in 2014 amid concerns over worker rights
- AGOA: Economic effects of providing duty-free treatment for imports
- US poultry sector questions African Trade Act extension
- Ethiopia: AGOA Ambassadors' Working Group testifies before US Commission
- New alliance to boost US-Africa apparel trade
- East Africa Trade Hub shows samples at Texworld USA
- Gambia: Top US envoy addresses Gambia-US relations - says both nations committed to maintaining ties
- Kenya earns $543m in 2013 from export processing zones
- Ghana: We haven’t made the most of AGOA – Trade Minister
- Ghana: Vice President Amissah-Arthur opens 4th annual US chamber summit
- US to review continuation of AGOA benefits to Swaziland
- How the ECOWAS-EU EPA could affect AGOA
- South Africa: Free-trade deal on the line
- East Africa: Technical officials discuss EAC-US trade and investment partnership in Bujumbura
- US ambassador to South Africa: "Ease barriers to US food imports"
- USA to Swaziland: ‘Fully’ comply or lose AGOA
- Ethiopia a rising star for sourcing garments
- Ethiopia: Chinese labour is cheap, but Ethiopians are even cheaper
- 'Don’t let chicken wars get in the way of AGOA' - South Africa
- US rejects Ghana’s yam in spite of AGOA
- Zambia: ZAM calls for incentives to utilise AGOA
- Swaziland: Government hopes amended labour law will save AGOA
- Swaziland: AGOA threat puts 2,000 jobs at risk
- Origin Africa returns to Interstoff Asia Essential
- Nigeria: Poor packaging, environmental laws hinder Nigeria's exports to US
- Swaziland: It (would be) difficult to get back AGOA - USA
- Swaziland: Parliamentary committee withdraws 'AGOA Bill' amid concerns over 'gaps'
- Tanzania: Govt. invites more investors to EPZA Areas
- African trade ministers convene in Addis Ababa
- African Union pushes for AGOA extension
- Kenya unveils plan to build textile city
- AGOA creates goodwill for US – SA trade minister Davies
- AU tasks members on AGOA extension
- Swaziland: 'Government silence is deafening' - Unions
- Swaziland: AGOA effects (to be felt) sooner rather than later
- Nigeria: Federal government partners US to boost export products
- Swaziland: 800 could lose jobs at Leo Garments
- Swaziland: Economists predict doom and gloom over losing AGOA
- US Embassy defers announcement on Swaziland’s AGOA status
- Swaziland: Confusion over kingdom's AGOA status
- Zambia: Government, COMESA act to boost AGOA exports
- West Africa: Rep. Bass to join US Secretary of Commerce Pritzker in visiting W Africa to promote trade
- Swaziland’s AGOA status revoked: Madagascar all over again?
- US seeks to expand business opportunities in Africa
- Swaziland's ICT Minister: 'US using AGOA to bully country'
- US Secretary of Commerce wants to see AGOA reaching full potential
- Swaziland attending to AGOA recommendations - Prime Minister
- Security Industry Association protests proposed measure to restrict foreign ownership of security firms in South Africa
- Tanzania: State to promote industries
- Q&A with the South African Ambassador Ebrahim Rasool
- Nigeria: AGOA 'not beneficial to Nigeria' - NACCIMA
- Made in Africa, duty-free in the US, AGOA up for renewal
- Africa-America Institute on AGOA: ‘Allowing the Africa Rising Story to Happen’
- Swaziland braces itself for AGOA exit
- Africa gathers at SourceAfrica trade event taking place in Cape Town
- Swaziland: Parliament’s deafening AGOA silence
- Recommendations for engagement on the US-Africa leaders summit
- Sourcing: African apparel makers must plan for renewed AGOA
- Presidential proclamation on AGOA eligibility of Madagascar and Swaziland
- Africa: President Obama removes Swaziland, Reinstates Madagascar for AGOA benefits
- The African Growth and Opportunity Act: growth without opportunity?
- Swaziland: The carrot and stick policy plays itself out through AGOA
- The US-Africa leaders summit: Deepening trade and commercial ties
- Zuma to lead SA team to US-Africa summit
- House Ways and Means Hearing on Advancing the US Trade Agenda: Trade with Africa and AGOA
- South Africa to call for 15-year Agoa extension at upcoming Washington gathering
- Act now on AGOA, says US Fashion Industry Association
- Obama administration kicks off bid to renew Africa trade program
- Is South Africa really at threat of being excluded from AGOA?
- Testimony of United States Trade Representative Michael Froman Before the Senate Finance Committee on AGOA
- Strengthening US-Africa trade and investment
- Has AGOA worked too well for South Africa?
- South Africa lobbies to retain US trade access as risks grow
- Africa must also lobby US Congress on trade law
- South Africa 'to sway US on Africa development'
- Three scenarios for the future of AGOA
- 'Billions of dollars' in deals and funding to be announced at Africa summit
- Michael Froman sets stage for Africa summit, AGOA debate
- AGOA: Calls for SA to graduate out of the US trade programme
- World Bank Group President Jim Yong Kim's remarks at AGOA Forum
- As US-Africa leaders summit begins, key members of Congress say AGOA must be reauthorized
- Joint statement on the US Africa leaders summit and the 13th annual AGOA Forum
- Remarks at the AGOA Ministerial by Secretary of State John Kerry
- SA 'offers chickens for AGOA renewal'
- South Africa belongs with Africa in AGOA: Zuma
- Zuma meets US congressmen to seek SA’s inclusion in fresh Agoa
- The shadow of China: An ‘800-pound gorilla’ lurks over the effort to improve ties between the US and Africa
- Obama sees US opportunities in Africa
- AGOA Forum: Nigerian Entrepreneur seeks removal of barriers on AGOA
- Africa seeks technological partnership at US-Africa summit
- Kenya: President Kenyatta's presence at US Africa summit 'expected to end frosty relations'
- South Africa welcomes Obama's backing of AGOA
- US urged by Africa's leaders to extend AGOA trade programme
- South Africa: US EX-IM extends R6bn Transnet guarantee amid debate on its future
- US legislators give Zuma a ‘very positive’ AGOA reply
- US-Africa Leaders Summit: CEOs promise to push AGOA further
- African Union head cautions US on Africa
- 14 years of AGOA: Why no real Africa intra-trade?
- Lesotho makes AGOA work for textile industry
- Africa has chance to put terms to US
- Rep. Karen Bass - Pictures from forum Cannon House event (during 2014 AGOA Forum)
- Renewal of AGOA a benefit to both US and Africa
- US fashion industry association calls for 15-year extension of AGOA Act
- US competing with China for influence in Africa
- Rwanda keen to profit from AGOA extension
- Africa continues to reap from US-Africa trade pact, says DHL
- Selling to the US remains a hard sell
- Africa could be the next frontier with AGOA
- Protectionism motivated by self-interest can backfire
- Op-Ed: US Congress fails to renew vital trade deals, AGOA at risk
- Africa: Is Africa ignoring the American goose with the golden egg?
- DHL Express’ profits grow in Africa due to AGOA
- Botswana: New textile and clothing association formed
- Emerging opportunities from the US-Africa leaders summit
- South Africa considering concessions for US chicken
- Intra-Africa trade - the key to boosting African economies
- The global market for denim: challenges and opportunities
- US firms actively involved in beneficiation - US ambassador
- Labour relations in SA 40 years behind the times, says US ambassador
- American firms support renewal of AGOA for South Africa
- Botswana textile body targets Asian competitors
- Gambia: AGOA complements Gambia's export drive - Trade Minister
- Swaziland: 1450 jobs to be lost at textile factory
- Swazi factory Tex Ray 'not closing' - reports
- US commerce body goes to bat for South Africa
- South Africa lobbies the US to extend AGOA
- Gambia: AGOA opportunities enormous, but challenges remain - Trade Minister
- Swaziland: We are closing down - Textile companies
- Africa: The missing ink in President Obama's Africa leaders summit - addressing the African, EU, US conundrum
- Nigeria yet to benefit from AGOA, says Ohuabunwa
- Swaziland: Textile, associated industries appeal to the US over AGOA
- Swaziland: Did government underestimate impact of AGOA loss?
- Mombasa Apparels opens US$25mn garment factory in Kenya
- The new kid on the block: Africa is vying for a larger share of the global textile and apparel pie
- Lobbying: Africa needs a unified agenda - Rosa Whitaker
- AGOA: The US – Africa trade dilemma
- Senators Coons, Isakson urge South African president to drop ban on US poultry or risk losing favored trade status
- Exporters fear poultry duty may threaten US trade deal
- Swaziland: Now that we’ve met AGOA demands make some noise, PM tells unions
- Federal Register - Madagascar and Guinea comply with AGOA visa system
- South Africa market still closed to US pork
- US lawmakers want South Africa to lift import taxes on poultry
- South Sudan, Gambia dropped from AGOA, Guinea Bissau reinstated
- South Africa could lose billions in 'chicken war'
- Gambia government: 'Gambia never benefited from US AGOA'
- Text of Official Proclamation on AGOA eligibility for 2015
- US-Zambia agricultural trade drops in 2014
- US Senator Coons fights South Africa on poultry duties
- Minister Davies in bid to save South Africa's AGOA access
- Botswana: Textiles anchors 53% jump in AGOA exports
- South Africa: Tiptoeing around import quotas for US poultry
- Op-Ed: AGOA renewal not so seamless
- AGOA reauthorization – time is running out
- Ethiopia's Ambassador to the US underlines the importance of AGOA
- US now second biggest buyer of Kenyan products
- Washington visit good for South Africa - Zuma
- Sunset on AGOA?
- At heart of US-South African trade dispute, a serious game of international chicken
- African trade could take a serious hit if the US abandons its trade pact with the continent
- AGOA and Dutch Disease: The case of Madagascar
- US and South Africa in AGOA chicken trade row
- COMESA reportedly unhappy with poor trade with US
- Is Lesotho's garment industry an 'ethical alternative'?
- Swaziland: Mass retrenchments at Leo Garments following AGOA loss
- Staying competitive in Africa - Blog article
- Pressure mounts to renew AGOA
- South African team in bid to salvage AGOA deal
- Chicken tax strains US-South Africa relationship
- US-Africa trade: AGOA's short term headaches
- Growing Kenya economy hinges on renewal of US trade pact
- Hubs without spokes - building a more inclusive AGOA
- Progress in SA-US meat dispute
- AGOA: The US-Africa trade policy dilemma
- Opinion: AGOA is of mutual benefit to SA and US
- Why AGOA should be extended for 15 years: An Ethiopian case study
- Seychelles founding president calls on US Senate to reauthorize AGOA
- 'It is vital SA poultry still reaps AGOA benefits'
- Ghana collaborates with USAID to improve export trade
- South Africa: Local poultry chief says US asking SA to shrink its economy
- Risks to South Africa's AGOA benefits mount
- SA-US poultry groups 'need to take talks seriously' - Q&A with Senator Coons
- Letter from Washington: AGOA hostage to party political manoeuvring
- South Africa sees quotas as solution to poultry-import issue
- AGOA: US lawmakers up the ante
- Chickenomics – who’s the victim in Agoa poultry row?
- The African Growth and Opportunity Act, a US trade failure
- US raises AGOA issues over SA poultry sales
- US national security tied to Africa's economic empowerment
- SA must hold the line on AGOA - Pan-African Business Forum
- Davies optimistic SA, US poultry producers will reach agreement
- Setting the record straight on AGOA renewal for SA - US Ambassador Gaspard
- Dumping duty a bone in AGOA’s chicken pie
- Should AGOA be expanded to include [more] agricultural products?
- Level playing fields and no bullying are needed
- South Africa: SA delegation in US for AGOA talks
- Rep. Paul Ryan helps introduce bipartisan bill to extend AGOA
- Press release: Senate, House leaders introduce bipartisan bill to support American manufacturers, strengthen trade ties
- Press Release: AGOA bill puts pressure on South Africa to "stop blocking US poultry exports"
- Ambassador Cynthia Akuetteh - Remarks for the Announcement of dates for the 2015 AGOA Forum
- AGOA bill proposes three-year timeline for SA
- AGOA renewal could jeopardise SA-EU trade agreements
- AGOA a potential no-go for South Africa?
- AGOA: South Africa's real chicken and egg problem
- AGOA renewal: Chicken dispute unlikely to scuttle trade boon
- SA poultry producers in bid to end AGOA logjam
- South Africa's trade union federation COSATU says "AGOA should remain non-conditional and preference based"
- 'Namibian beef in US market soon' - official
- South Africa's eligibility for AGOA benefits to be reviewed
- Rep. Bass hails bipartisan introduction of ‘AGOA Extension and Enhancement Act of 2015’
- Zambia to boost AGOA with strategy
- The White House: Supporting the U.S.-Africa Partnership Through the AGOA Extension and Enhancement Act of 2015
- South Africa's AGOA benefits in spotlight after US Senate move
- Poultry state senators turn up heat on South Africa
- Draft US bill provides for 10-year AGOA extension; South Africa eligibility under review
- AGOA no longer a chicken issue
- Planning under way for South African summer citrus season
- Lesotho lobbies for AGOA's renewal - official
- Tanzania: Failure to tap AGOA market irks ministers
- US embassy working hand-in-hand with Congo to attract American investors
- Senate tries again on fast-track trade bill, and approves AGOA extension
- US must ‘utilise tools in AGOA to pressure SA’
- US-Africa (AGOA) trade legislation passes in Senate
- South Africa's leader of the opposition addresses US business leaders on country's challenges
- Mauritius: CCA board chair expresses confidence towards renewal of AGOA before Sept. 2015
- Senators Inhofe, Coons introduce African Free Trade Initiative Act
- Swaziland: Bring back AGOA, Minister begs US
- AGOA moves forward: Reviewing last week’s reauthorization in the US Senate
- US firms blast South African security law
- New AGOA deal expects more of SA but offers less, says Davies
- Some AGOA renewal supporters call for amendments
- AGOA 'should do more to strengthen intellectual property in Africa’s creative sectors'
- US pork council NPPC raises concerns about access to South Africa
- 'Time for a reality check of what is at stake in AGOA talks'
- South African citrus set for early US arrival
- US takes steps to extend African exports law by 10 more years, but behind the scenes, an almighty tug-of-war
- Renew the Africa Trade Pact
- 'Former envoy misses crux of poultry dispute' - letter
- Lesotho may lose 35,000 Jobs if US drops AGOA trade access
- South Africa 'must pursue US free-trade deal'
- South Africa concedes in 'game of chicken' in renewal of US trade agreement
- South Africa: US imports ‘could affect poultry jobs’
- South African poultry shares fall on US chicken deal
- South Africa needs to cushion sector from US chicken deal
- Poultry deal 'a day late and a dollar short'
- African textile exports 'may reach $4 bn under US trade deal' - US official
- Focus on AGOA at Source Africa 2015
- AGOA 'bad for poultry industry, good for economy'
- AGOA review could be chance for South Africa to make good with US
- US House of Representatives' thumbs up to AGOA
- Senate leaders should follow their instinct and send AGOA renewal to President Obama without delay
- CBC chairman concerned trade maneuvers imperil Africa pact
- House of Representatives Democrats warn Senate on trade deal
- South Africa: Stalling on security providers bill could harm AGOA benefits
- South Africa urged to stitch up footprint in US clothing
- Obama trade Kabuki takes dramatic new turns in Congress this week
- AGOA: Snatching defeat from the jaws of victory?
- Washington's Africa sloppiness shows dangers of fast tracking trade
- AGOA renewal: Now to the Democrats
- Delays in enacting Trade Promotion Authority may require that the Trade preferences Bill pass on its own
- Rep. Bass: AGOA extension finally passes Congress
- Statement by Ambassador Michael Froman on Congressional passage of TPA, AGOA
- US-Africa trade gets a boost with renewal of AGOA
- Obama signs trade (incl. AGOA), worker assistance bills into law
- Remarks by the President at signing of the Trade Preferences Extension Act of 2015 (AGOA)
- Burundi: United States urges dialogue, announces additional suspension of assistance
- Kenya manufacturers welcome AGOA extension
- Namibia seeks to take advantage of AGOA
- Kenya: 'State should go beyond the obvious to grow local firms'
- Angola: Exports to US reach over $115 billion
- Kenya to produce shoes for US market
- AGOA review could see South Africa lose on trade benefits
- Kenya: SMEs missing out on AGOA - US investors
- Obama at White House reception celebrating AGOA (with video)
- Obama salutes growth in US-Africa trade
- Where Barack Obama treads, US business plans to follow
- AGOA and the next steps for African trade
- Great trade expectations behind US-Ethiopia trade relations
- The next steps: A post-AGOA passage discussion
- Kenya in fresh bid to revive cotton growing
- Letter from Washington: Knee-jerk communists kick at AGOA delusions
- South Africa to put forward ‘strong argument’ in public bid to remain AGOA beneficiary
- South Africa's Minister Davies confident of AGOA renewal for South Africa
- Media credential applications for the 2015 AGOA Forum
- Senators Isakson, Coons applaud US Trade Representative review of South Africa under AGOA
- US demand proof South Africa ready to lift meat bans
- Ghana: Trade Ministry to revamp garments industry
- 'Pharmaceutical industry attempting to undermine access to affordable medicines'
- United States rebukes SA over trade rules
- SA trade official digs in on intellectual property draft
- America 'squeezes AGOA for more juice'
- Kenya tipped to be the next hub for apparel sourcing
- Maximise AGOA opportunities, US urges African countries
- US says AGOA much more than simple economic agreement
- US poultry firms wait for South Africa to admit AGOA-deal exports
- US and South Africa set for AGOA clash
- US State Department Media Note: AGOA Forum in Gabon
- Five things you should know about the 2015 AGOA Forum
- AGOA Forum 2015 to assess gains, losses of pact
- Unlocking Africa’s trade potential
- Gabon to host AGOA Forum, a first for Central Africa
- South African ambassador upbeat over AGOA review
- AGOA 2015: Moving to sustainable US-Africa trade and investment partnership
- African nations hope to benefit from renewed US legislation
- African countries urged to intensify education on AGOA to reap benefits
- Remarks by Ambassador Michael Froman at the opening ceremony of the 2015 AGOA Forum
- South African car export boom sharpens AGOA focus
- Officials 'happy after AGOA meeting'
- Mixed consensus emerges at AGOA Forum
- Grim outlook for Kenya's Sh100 Billion AGOA target
- AGOA renewal suppports 'Made in Africa' pull
- EAC push for long-term trade pact with US to replace AGOA
- Uganda: Parliamentary speaker advocates for national AGOA Secretariat
- Tanzanians 'benefit little from AGOA'
- Liberia: Cabinet endorses Liberia-US trade and investment forum
- South Africa's agri business chamber meets with USDA on AGOA
- US considers suspending SA’s membership of AGOA, ending billions in exports
- Crucial AGOA meeting on Monday
- Poultry dispute threatens South African trade with US
- SA 'was not restricting poultry imports from the US' - SA official
- Poultry row: President Zuma urged to intervene
- Progress in talks on US-SA stalemate
- US and Africa to make trade history - US govt official
- South Africa uses talks with US officials to open dialogue about beef, ostrich exports
- SA-US talks floundering, says Nkoana-Mashabane
- Tanzania: Call for aggressive AGOA strategy
- US looks to Sub-Saharan Africa for food exports after record year
- New AGOA apparel quota cap for 2015-2016 announced
- AGOA, decoding for a successful 2025 closure
- AGOA at risk due to ‘politics’ – US, SA $1.7bn trade on the rocks
- SA’s AGOA future is in its own hands, says US official
- Decision on AGOA access looms for SA
- South Africa, US narrow meat import differences
- South Africa hits AGOA ball back into US court
- Security bill spat: SA-US relations at risk
- South Africa expects challenge to security law, says Minister Davies
- South Africa 'likely to remain beneficiary of AGOA' - Davies
- South Africa 'close to agreeing final terms for US poultry imports'
- Kenya, US partner in setting up cold chain infrastructure for trade
- US policy expert says Zimbabwe has great potential, should be part of AGOA
- US lawmakers press South Africa to open the market for US poultry
- US warns of fallout over South Africa chicken trade impasse
- Poultry row: SA misses key deadline
- US pressures South Africa to import its chicken
- United States supports trade, investment in East Africa
- South Africa: AGOA row threatens to stall automotive sector
- Text of notification to Congress on Burundi's suspension from AGOA from 2016
- US boots Burundi from Africa trade pact AGOA
- South Africa: Minister Davies meat assurances disputed by US lobby
- Statement by the US Representative at the Trade Policy Review of the Southern African Customs Union
- South Africa 'addresses' AGOA technical issues
- Decision expected shortly - South Africa's AGOA benefits in peril?
- Official notice - suspension of the application of duty-free treatment to all AGOA-eligible (agric) goods from South Africa
- US moves to suspend trade benefits for South Africa
- Statement from US Ambassador regarding South Africa’s status under AGOA
- US to suspend South Africa duty-free agricultural trade status
- South Africa has 60 days before Obama revokes certain AGOA privileges
- Minister Davies, government urged to avert 60-day US ultimatum
- AGOA: Obama sends ‘clear message’ to South Africa
- US trade representative says AGOA suspension will be lifted if issues agreed
- AGOA: ‘SA is embarrassing Obama’ - analyst
- South Africa confident it will meet 60-day ultimatum
- Kenya: Government set to hold SME forum on AGOA
- Will black business take a bite at US chicken?
- South Africa: How we got to the AGOA cliff edge
- Unembargoed: AGOA theatrics expose abysmal planning
- Analysis: Playing chicken on the AGOA speedway
- Kenya keen to increase number of exports
- Kenya launches SME training to increase AGOA exports portfolio
- WTO Goods Council approves AGOA waiver
- US and SA ‘close to resolving meat dispute’
- AGOA: 'SA doing all it can'
- The AGOA-chicken import debate 'is much bigger than it seems'
- Kenya eyes 600m USD in exports from export zones in 2015
- Oxfam: President Obama’s chicken war
- Opinion piece: US and SA must face social ills and stop playing chicken
- Chicken deal set to help clear AGOA hurdle, says Rob Davies
- Astral boss sees problems for SA poultry sector
- South Africa and US agree on terms for US poultry import
- AGOA on track, says South Africa's Minister Davies
- 'Salmonella stands between South Africa and a renewed AGOA deal'
- AGOA: Billions (of Rands) in agri trade on the line for South Africa
- Kenya: KAM boss reveals how small firms can gain from AGOA dollar
- Opinion Why South Africa needs the US for its agricultural trade
- US to use every tool to improve labour rights in partner countries
- AGOA to give a strong impetus to African textile and garment industry
- Distribution quota for cheap US chicken works against poor, says Shoprite
- 'Consumers to bear brunt of dumped US chicken' - Shoprite
- AGOA trade stand-off: Ties between SA, US in jeopardy
- US set to reimpose tariffs on SA goods
- US baffled at lack of progress in removing poultry barriers
- US 'set to suspend AGOA and hit SA with trade tariffs'
- Ministers to give update on AGOA negotiations
- Industry experts say SA right not to back down
- 'South Africa on verge of sealing negotiations with US'
- New hurdles block AGOA deal
- South African trade Minister hopes that the US will give more time to AGOA negotiators
- US stalls decision to suspend SA from AGOA
- Ministers meet US ambassador on AGOA
- AGOA row about a deeper discord
- US to blame for AGOA hold-up‚ says SA poultry association
- AGOA row - big losers, but also winners if SA gets boot
- South African farmers brace for pain as US trade deal unravels
- 'South Africa should not lower standards for US' - SA poultry
- SA trade minister Davies says 'deal cracked to keep SA in AGOA'
- AGOA reaction: 'Common sense prevailed'
- US senators cheer SA chicken deal
- New AGOA deadline set as Obama announces SA suspension date
- Presidential Proclamation -- to take certain actions under the AGOA
- AGOA deadline stretched to retain US leverage
- AGOA: Suspension will be lifted on arrival of US poultry - South African DTI
- US sets deadline for South Africa trade imports
- South Africa: DTI cleans up after AGOA flap
- Letter from Washington: 'Turning to East poses no solution for South Africa’s woes'
- Swaziland: 'US chicken dumping to threaten local producers'
- Botswana: Local AGOA textile exports drop 11%
- New US Ambassador: I will help Swaziland regain AGOA
- Looking beyond AGOA
- An end to the never-ending South African poultry dispute?
- US embassy soothes SA’s brooding over poultry
- East Africa: New AGOA rules on eligibility and suspension start to apply
- US is optimistic that South Africa will meet Obama's AGOA deadline
- AGOA compromises raise questions about goals
- US to expand Africa Trade Initiative to include Ghana
- US urges Zambia to diversify
- AGOA has rich export opportunities, if Kenya is interested
- COMESA: AGOA-US exports swell to $17 billion
- US wants to see diversity in products exported from Africa
- Swaziland to fulfill ILO benchmarks in June – sources
- AGOA: US investments in Ethiopia climb to $4 billion in 2015
- Direct shipping service from Gulf of Mexico to West Africa signals diversifying AGOA trade
- Apparel sourcing: Is Africa ready for a rush?
- US poultry on its way to South Africa
- Trade between the United States and AGOA countries continues to decline
- South Africa 'negotiated reasonable AGOA deal' - DTI
- South Africa: chicken imports end AGOA impasse
- Davies notes intention by US to lift South Africa's AGOA suspension
- South Africa: Department to properly package and label US meats
- SA poultry association cautiously welcomes first shipment of chicken products from the US
- US poultry hits SA, AGOA resolved
- South Africa now accepting US pork
- 'America, South Africa open for business'
- Botswana to develop new strategies for AGOA: Minister
- Presidential Proclamation - Confirmation of South Africa's compliance with AGOA eligibility criteria
- South Africa keeps US duty-free access after trade dispute
- Zambia: AGOA strategy development initiative completed
- Despite surviving round one, South Africa’s AGOA woes are not over, they may have just begun
- AGOA and the future of US–Africa trade relations
- USTR announces new petition process to review AGOA country eligibility
- US embassy calls on Botswana firms to earn more from AGOA
- AGOA sword will keep hanging above South Africa
- 'Poultry crowd rubs salt in own wounds'
- Ford's R2.5bn investment proof of AGOA benefits: South Africa's Minister Davies
- Swaziland reforming laws to regain AGOA status
- Africa, TPP, and TTIP: Integration or isolation?
- US moves to boost AGOA in West Africa
- USAID supports centre to boost Nigeria, US trade
- South Africa: Poultry producers' war on imports has pitfalls
- Kenya bets on AGOA to grow apparel exports
- Botswana advised to develop AGOA strategy
- Botswana companies fail to reap AGOA benefits
- 'US poultry a win for SA consumers' - US export council
- 'US chicken not tasty looking' - South African Poultry Association
- ‘Mother of all Braais’ celebrates AGOA deal
- AGOA extension ‘aims to develop ties’
- Kenyan industrialists ink deal for export growth
- Swaziland: 'One month to AGOA review cycle'
- AGOA, Inc: When chickens come home to roast
- New chicken row brewing in South Africa
- World Economic Forum: What’s next for AGOA and US-Africa trade
- US re-evaluates its trade with Africa
- Botswana to get garment training centre
- Nigerian exporters eye UK, USA markets
- Despite 31 US locations, Nando’s rejects imported chicken at its SA locations
- AGOA benefits: Still a long way for Nigeria
- Source Africa to highlight region’s sourcing potential
- Major Mauritian delegation to Source Africa
- 'AGOA can create over one million direct jobs in Nigeria'
- American Chamber of Commerce urges full use of AGOA by Ghana
- Ugandans ask to access US market in new AGOA strategy
- Ghana exports US$9m worth of apparel under AGOA
- Much at stake over AGOA for SA in US presidential polls
- Looking beyond AGOA for African textiles and clothing
- South Africa's IDC says it's 'invested R12 billion in textile and clothing industry'
- 'AGOA chicken deal creates business opportunities'
- South Africa: Minister Davies seeks free trade deal for Africa
- South Africa makes most use of AGOA, but still only a fraction of the tariff lines
- SA’s AGOA eligibility remains at stake
- South Africa: 'Outstanding AGOA issues resolved'
- 'Imported chicken is slaughtering the local industry', says South African poultry association
- 'South Africa under-utilising AGOA' - official
- Congresswoman Bass reinforces need for capacity building in Africa
- US gives $10 million to support Ghana's agric sector
- USTR releases 2016 report on AGOA implementation to Congress
- GSP changes leave preferences intact for AGOA beneficiaries
- AGOA Forum 2016 dates: Press release
- Request for public comments on annual review of country eligibility for benefits under AGOA in 2017
- Uganda calls for review of AGOA rules of origin
- Number of American companies coming to Ghana increasing
- UPDATED - 2016 AGOA Forum - Agenda and details
- Rwanda: Exporters urged to take advantage of AGOA
- Tough visa rules are locking traders out of AGOA, Rwanda tells US
- Ghana: MoTI to develop 'AGOA review strategy'
- Nigeria: 'How non-oil exporters can share in $8 billion AGOA deal'
- COMESA states lack strong industries to spur regional trade - Siame
- SA’s chicken industry is ‘in a crisis’ – RCL Foods chief
- Uganda maps out plan to raise exports
- In Lesotho, evidence of US trade deal's success, and its limits
- Nigeria: Non-oil exporters can generate more forex through AGOA, says NEPC
- Kenya eyes more exports to US at AGOA summit
- AGOA Forum - Notice to the press
- South Africa: Options for US trade after AGOA
- Reaching farther together for inclusive growth in Africa
- Nigerian Senator Ngige lists poverty, trade imbalance as bane of AGOA
- Kenya out to make workplaces safer
- South Africa: Minister Davies arrives in Washington ahead of AGOA Forum
- Uganda 'risks losing AGOA deal over used clothes ban'
- Tapping Africa’s full potential
- Remarks by Ambassador Michael Froman at the opening of the 2016 AGOA Forum
- AGOA Forum 2016: Africa tables position on AGOA
- Obama administration holds 15th AGOA Forum, looks to maximize US-Africa trade through AGOA and beyond
- South Africa: New US president can't kick SA out of AGOA - Coons
- New 2016-2017 AGOA apparel quota caps announced
- Kenya joins campaign against America’s trade deal with Asia
- Commentary: Where to after AGOA?
- Where to after AGOA?
- Africa’s position on post AGOA Forum Report
- US-Africa trade relationship in focus at AGOA Forum
- South Africa: 'New threat to AGOA benefits'
- Why AGOA remains critical to Lesotho’s development
- US asks SA government to intervene in new bid to block meat imports
- South African government asked to challenge bid to block US imports
- Cooperating, not competing, in Africa: a case for Transatlantic rapprochement
- Angola: US Ambassador defends dynamism in using AGOA
- US complains of disadvantage as EU-SADC trade deal kicks in
- 'Forum exposes Nigeria’s poor preparation for non-oil exports'
- The future of AGOA in context of the Trans-Pacific Partnership
- Lesotho: Bracing for the post-AGOA period
- Zambia: ‘Regional integration vital for growth’
- South Africa: The war of the chickens (Opinion piece)
- US Trade Rep credits AGOA with boost in Africa-US non-oil trade
- Ghana: Apparel industry losing out on the US market to Ethiopia
- Is South Africa really importing 'chicken waste'? (Opinion piece)
- 15 years after, Africa accounts for $4.1b non-oil export under AGOA
- Ivory Coast: Making “Made in Africa” last
- South Africa: Exporters encouraged to utilise more AGOA tariff lines
- Liberians position themselves to join the global fashion system
- Africa unsure how a post-Obama administration will treat AGOA
- Reviving Nigeria’s moribund textile industry
- What will it mean for Ghana if Trump wins?
- Lesotho’s textile sector reaps big rewards from AGOA
- Will AGOA be a goner under President Trump? Fears raised over future of trade deal
- What Trump means for Africa - Opinion piece
- 'Future of SA-US trade relationship murky'
- Trumponomics: South Africa waits and watches
- Will Trump upend bipartisan consensus on US-Africa policy?
- Botswana advised to establish AGOA office
- Africa waits and wonders on Trump's foreign policy
- Botswana: Women in business urged to utilise AGOA
- Trump and Africa: reciprocity will be key
- 'Trump effect on Africa'
- 'Can trump dump Africa?'
- Nigeria: NEPC strategises to bridge skills gap, participation in AGOA
- Nigeria: Stakeholders worried about AGOA project under Trump’s regime
- First ever Africa Trade Week opens in Addis Ababa
- Uganda: Experts tell govt to promote exports
- African countries should align AGOA and their developmental integration agenda - Minister Davies
- The future of US-SA business relations in a post-election world - US Ambassador Gaspard
- Lesotho: 'The US finally did something right in Africa - and it's about to stop?'
- UNECA to continue supporting member states with trade negotiations skills
- Workers in Lesotho demonstrate to 'save AGOA'
- Rwanda's plan to increase AGOA exports
- Africa, trumped by bigger priorities
- Proclamation 9555—Proclamation that includes Central African Republic's re-qualification under AGOA
- 2016 a big year for the US-Africa partnership
- 'Letting down Lesotho'
- South Africa: Government must act on poultry industry crisis, says trade union body Cosatu
- US widens its lead over UK as top importer of Kenyan goods
- Should US exports to Africa be duty free?
- Too early to speculate on US trade policy, says South African auto body
- Implications of Trump presidency for Africa
- Africa becomes key matter of focus under Trump presidency
- Liberia: Chamber hosts AGOA information session
- Sierra Leone: Local producers trained on AGOA trade benefits
- 'Chicken coming in from US not halaal certified by SA bodies'
- Liberia: AGOA to help local entrepreneurs enter US market
- What Trump’s ‘Buy American, Hire American’ policy means for Kenya
- Trump’s protectionist policies pose biggest risk to Kenya
- Ghana: Exporters learn more about AGOA
- Ghana: Chamber of commerce lauds trade minister’s ideas
- What will Trump’s embrace of bilateralism mean for America’s trade partners?
- Opinion: 'US TPP withdrawal puts question mark over AGOA future'
- ‘How Nigeria can take advantage of the AGOA deal’
- Trump calls Nigeria, South Africa, also discusses trade
- 'Does AGOA unfairly benefit Chinese firms?'
- 'Make America great again' in Africa
- Can you build a fashion business with a manufacturing base in Africa?
- Why Africa should be high on Donald Trump's list of priorities
- 'Donald Trump and Africa'
- Future of AGOA 'uncertain in Trump era'
- East Africa: 'Plan to ban used clothes, shoes puts AGOA gains at risk'
- 'Open Letter to African Economic and Trade Ministers: There’s a Trump in your future, like it or not'
- 'Meet the woman considered an architect of AGOA'
- 'Moves to push for new US-Africa trade policy'
- 'For African countries, innovation must trump our focus on trade'
- Malawi: Expert calls for SMEs’ consortium to better utilise AGOA
- American foreign policy in Sub-Saharan Africa: Where to from here?
- Nigeria: Export partners sensitize Aba shoe/garment makers on AGOA
- Mauritius: Business minister urges SMEs to maximise AGOA benefits
- Nigeria: Experts canvass measures to boost non-oil export through AGOA
- 'Trump and America can win by doing more business with Africa'
- Nigeria: Abia State to establish 9,000-hectare free trade zone
- US Ambassador to Togo to visit Alaffia factory ahead of AGOA summit
- Kenya: 'AGOA doubts cut US exports by 12%'
- Kenya offers textile firms tax incentives to create jobs
- AGOA CSO spring conference update
- The attraction of textile manufacturing in Ethiopia
- Nigeria: AGOA a vital boost for Aba leather, garment cluster
- Three reasons economic investment in Africa benefits the United States
- South Africa’s Agoa eligibility likely to come under pressure before 2025, trade expert warns
- Kenya rules out banning of second-hand clothes
- South Africa is on notice – Opinion piece
- Empowering the Nigerian textile industry
- South Africa: Western Cape an exception amid signs of recovery in agriculture
- Lawmakers: US urgently needs more engagement in Africa
- US firms seek Uganda partners to tap into AGOA
- East Africa: Proposed import duty and VAT waiver strategy for textile makers
- SA government urged to engage with US administration to preserve AGOA
- American Business Council launched in Sierra Leone
- Kenya hires US lobby in bid to protect 66,000 AGOA jobs
- US warns East African countries to comply with AGOA
- After AGOA: South Africa must prepare for two-way free trade agreements with US
- Zambia urged to benefit from AGOA
- Nigeria: NACC becomes recognised AGOA Trade Resource Centre
- US reconsiders AGOA eligibility for three African countries
- Sourcing Journal: An uncertain future for AGOA?
- USTR announces out of cycle eligibility review for Rwanda, Tanzania and Uganda.
- 'Kenya won't lose AGOA status, but its EAC partners are subject to review'
- US urges Swaziland to review terrorism law as precondition for AGOA readmission
- Ghana: Tap into AGOA - US Ambassador
- Tanzania: Why Dar team rushes to US in bid to salvage AGOA deal
- The US and Togo to co-host the 2017 AGOA Forum in Lomé, Togo
- EAC officials oppose US bid to review AGOA trade deal over used-clothing ban
- Africa's rise poses threat to Bangladesh's apparel exports
- AGOA at risk in East African war over used clothes
- Sierra Leone News: Private sector yet to benefit from AGOA trade
- US exports of worn clothing to AGOA countries: a selection of DATA
- Preference programs turn prime picks for duty free trade
- Trade experts fault US over AGOA review
- AGOA outreach series travels to the Central African Republic
- USITC review reflects ups and downs in global trade
- Royce, Engel, Smith, Bass work to strengthen US-Africa trade
- Remarks by US Ambassador Jackson at the Ghana AGOA utilization strategy event
- AGOA Forum 2017 in Togo: Details
- Ghana: Strategy document on AGOA in the offing
- August 3 AGOA dial-in briefing with USTR officials
- 'Free trade agreements an opportunity for Africa'
- 'US needs to avoid casting off Africa'
- The Trump administration’s first AGOA Forum
- US says Africa must allow import of used clothing
- Press Release: US delegation at 2017 AGOA Forum in Togo
- Trump administration's Africa policy in focus at AGOA trade talks
- Reps Brady & Reichert express strong support for AGOA as US co-hosts forum in Togo
- AGOA trade forum to showcase Trump's Africa policy
- Opening statement by USTR Amb Lighthizer at the AGOA Forum in Togo
- Togo's trade minister laments suboptimal use of AGOA provisions
- Uganda: What ban of second hand clothes means for businesses
- Africa-US AGOA trade talks end with 'no decision, waning enthusiasm' - Reuters
- Why the US's use of AGOA reviews worries African trade ministers
- AGOA Forum 2017: Opening statement by the AU Commissioner for Trade and Industry
- South Africa: Trade and Industry on AGOA industrialisation and regional value chains in Sub-Saharan Africa
- Ghana: Government targets $500m exports under AGOA by 2020
- Swazi king signs public order, terrorism amendment bills
- US assures Africa AGOA pact is here to stay
- Nigeria: $100b non-oil export target - stakeholders push for AGOA
- South Africa: Car makers in strong plea to US on duty-free access under AGOA
- Botswana: Government launches strategy to benefit more from AGOA
- 'Nigerian exporters not maximizing AGOA opportunities'
- Labour group warns that Mauritania’s 'total failure on slavery should rule out trade benefits'
- Botswana: Fresh attempt to revive AGOA exports
- How African countries can maximise the benefits AGOA provides
- Togo qualifies for AGOA textile and apparel benefits
- Lobbyist says US likely to punish East Africa over mitumba ban
- South Africa: Outgoing economic counsellor Laird Treiber sees big ‘untapped’ US-SA economic potential
- US Congressional delegation assures of continued commitment to Ghana, Africa
- US poultry exporters struggle with South Africa's empowerment provisos
- Eligibility reviews: Press statement in support of Swaziland’s eligibility status for AGOA
- Rwanda, US begin talks on AGOA
- Messe Frankfurt ready to take Africa's clothing expos to next level
- Denied access to Mauritania, US anti-slavery activists press on
- Sierra Leone: Trade opportunities opened with the US
- US-African partnerships: Advancing common interests
- Kenyan flower exporters prepare to seize US market opportunities
- 'Strict AGOA rules put African policies and trade on the line' - Columnist
- US raises annual AGOA quota for qualifying textiles
- Kagame explains Rwanda’s formula in luring investors
- Nigeria can generate 4m Jobs annually through AGOA — Expert
- How Nigerian exporters can benefit from AGOA
- AGOA: The US-Africa trade program
- 'Ghana: Take advantage of international market opportunities'
- Entrepreneur uses AGOA to showcase Kenyan hope in global race for coffee billions
- Used-clothing trade causes contention between US and East African Nations
- Second-hand clothing showdown brewing
- Nigeria: ‘Implementation of export strategy key to harnessing trade deals’
- US buyers keen to source coffee from the East African region
- East African textile sector tipped on maximising technology
- USTR announces new enforcement priorities for GSP
- Ghana: Chamber of Commerce targets over 24% increase in exports to US
- Reports by the organisers on the 2017 AGOA Forum held in Togo
- How African countries can maximise the benefits that AGOA provides
- The controversy of used clothing: East African-US trade relations
- US policy: Africa rising and the art of the deal
- Kenya to increase exports to 20% of GDP by 2020
- Ghana: Garments industry receives $10 million Ghana EXIM support
- Nigera 'will not miss out on AGOA again'
- US State Department official - 'We're looking at Africa in 2050'
- US begins investigation into trade with Sub-Saharan Africa
- Kenya: TradeHub conducts national AGOA Strategy review workshops
- Lesotho: Economy set to grow 3% thanks to AGOA
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- Ethiopia: Institute says textile, garment market expanding
- Kenya direct air links: 'The Fresh Approach spies opportunities'
- Nigerian-American chamber optimistic of business growth in 2018
- Presidential Proclamation to take certain actions under the AGOA and for other purposes
- US restores trade benefits to Gambia, Swaziland
- US ambassador hails Gambia’s democratic progress
- Swaziland: "We should learn from AGOA loss"
- 'Protect US interests in Africa'
- House of Reps passes AGOA and MCA Modernization Act
- Kenya aims doubling 2016 exports value to US by 2025 under AGOA
- Kenya develops new AGOA strategy
- Republican Ed Royce’s respectful interest in Africa will be missed
- 'Inability to adhere to standards is the bane of Ghanaian businesses'
- Ghana to set up equipment hub for apparel sector
- US to 'continue supporting Uganda'
- Ghana: 'Protectionist ban on imported used clothing - US threatens East Africa with AGOA expulsion'
- Hearing on US trade and investment with sub-Saharan Africa: Recent developments
- Swaziland: Is 2018 the year for its textile workers?
- USTR Lighthizer: US will soon select an African country for a 'model' free trade deal
- USTR Lighthizer's African dream
- Kenya battling to get tea into the US market
- Telephonic press briefing: US Acting Director for Economic and Regional Affairs Harry Sullivan on AGOA (Click to listen)
- 'US to consider Zimbabwe’s eligibility for AGOA this year'
- Non-oil AGOA exports reach $4.2b, bilateral trade grows to $38b
- Nigeria records paltry $9M of Africa's $2.7b non-oil export to US
- Full transcript and recording of telephonic press briefing: US Acting Director for Economic and Regional Affairs Harry Sullivan on AGOA
- Diversify your economy for growth, official tells Nigeria
- 'Ghana lauded for good performance under AGOA'
- Wesgro/Tralac AGOA seminar held in Cape Town
- East Africa: US gives three countries ultimatum to reverse mitumba ban
- AGOA - Nigeria's agricultural exports very small - US
- US Commerce Secretary releases steel and aluminum report in coordination with White House, potentially impacting S Africa
- Three African nations may face AGOA sanctions if Mitumba banned
- EAC heads of state to meet over health, infrastructure and AGOA
- Rwanda maintains tough stance on used clothes
- Renewing US-South Africa relations under newly-elected South African President Ramaphosa
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- 'US threats force EAC to back down on secondhand clothes ban' - Article
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- Senior State Department officials previewing Secretary Tillerson's travel to Africa
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- Kenya-US talks to weigh heavy on trade, economy
- US Ambassador cautions Uganda on transparency in investment procedures
- US Congress poised to remove hurdles to US-Africa development aid
- Ghana taking greater advantage of AGOA — Ambassador Robert Jackson
- Madagascar may be more than a few steps ahead of Ethiopia for sourcing
- President Trump updates trade preference program eligibility for Rwanda
- SMART announces 'successful trade outcome with the East African Community'
- US suspends duty-free benefits for Rwandan textile imports
- Rwanda: 'Withdrawal of AGOA benefits at discretion of US'
- Nigeria yet to reap benefits of AGOA since 2008, re-strategises
- Chamber: we are committed to promoting AGOA in Nigeria
- Uganda yet to exploit AGOA opportunity – Ambassador Malac
- Rwanda: 'Cotton returns as used clothes'
- Opinion: 'America’s petty policy on used clothes for Africa'
- The President's Advisory Council on Doing Business in Africa: Findings
- Nigeria: Retooling AGOA trade policy to boost export
- Nigeria-America Chamber of Commerce set to build AGOA export park in Edo State
- 'Trump’s Africa policy is a continuation of Clinton’s, Bush’s, and Obama’s'
- Botswana: 'Businesses fail to fully utilise AGOA' - BITC
- 'Global business of secondhand clothes thrive in Africa'
- Position yourselves to take advantage of opportunities under AGOA - Ghana Minister
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- Nigeria: Push for increased non-oil export to UK, US intensifies
- 'Kenya needs savvy diplomats to steer global trade agenda'
- Mozambique launches National AGOA utilization strategy 2018- 2025
- Uganda must not rely on a single partner, says US envoy
- Ghana: Textile and garments committee inaugurated
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- 'How the United States and Rwanda have fallen out over second-hand clothes' - BBC
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- US-Sub-Saharan Africa AGOA Forum 2018
- Rwanda: Government to pay taxes for affected AGOA exporters
- Nigeria-America Chamber vows to increase Nigeria’s non-oil export through AGOA
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