Inside Trade

February 13, 2025

State’s Campbell: Congress should reauthorize AGOA immediately

By Brett Fortnam  / July 31, 2024 at 3:40 PM
The renewal of the African Growth and Opportunity Act is a “critical” piece of the Biden administration’s plans to compete with China, Deputy Secretary of State Kurt Campbell said this week, urging Congress to “get it done.” During a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing on the U.S.-China competition beyond the Indo-Pacific on Tuesday, Sen. Chris Coons (D-DE), a lead sponsor of a bill to reauthorize AGOA, asked Campbell about the importance of the AGOA program, which provides trade preferences to...

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