Ways & Means trade subcommittee eyes AGOA renewal, updates

House lawmakers in both parties on Wednesday voiced strong support for renewing the African Growth and Opportunity Act before it expires next year, committing to improve the two-decade-old trade preference program while hashing out the terms of that extension. The Ways & Means trade subcommittee addressed AGOA, as well as preference programs with Haiti that also are set to expire next year, during a hearing described by Chair Adrian Smith (R-NE) as a “continuation of a deliberate Ways and Means...