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September 22, 2025

During Africa trade ministerial, Tai eyes AGOA improvements

By Madeline Halpert  / October 20, 2021 at 5:06 PM
Opening an African Growth and Opportunity Act Ministerial on Wednesday, U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai sought suggestions from her African counterparts on how to improve the two-decade-old preferential trade program and pledged her support for promoting African integration through the African Continental Free Trade Agreement, according to USTR. Tai, who is in Brussels this week, is participating in a two-day virtual AGOA forum, which she said in July would be an opportunity to discuss how to “ build on the...

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