Sen. Kennedy proposes AGOA extension as White House backs one-year renewal

Sen. John Kennedy (R-LA) has introduced a bill to reauthorize the African Growth and Opportunity Act, which expired this week, while the Trump administration has endorsed a one-year extension of the trade-preference program for the first time. S. 2958 , which Kennedy introduced on Sept. 30, is titled “A bill to extend the African Growth and Opportunity Act, to require a full review of the bilateral relationship between the United States and South Africa, and for other purposes.” However, its...