ZIYANDA STUURMAN: Agoa may already be as good as gone
Deterioration in US relations makes SA’s status in any version of a renewed trade agreement tenuous at best
24 March 2025 - 05:00
When the African Growth and Opportunity Act (Agoa) preferential trade agreement was established in May 2000, it was part of a broader suite of legislation and policy enacted by former president Bill Clinton’s administration to strengthen US trade ties with African countries.
The programme allows African countries to export products to the US tariff free but there are doubts about its future, in part or in whole...
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