Lawmakers urge White House to rethink plan to cut Ethiopia’s AGOA benefits

Rep. Karen Bass (D-CA) and Sen. Jim Inhofe (R-OK) are urging the Biden administration not to follow through on its plan to suspend Ethiopia’s preferential trade access to the U.S. market next month, saying the action would wreak economic damage on the country. President Biden in November announced his intent to terminate , as of Jan. 1, Ethiopia’s benefits under the African Growth and Opportunity Act, a two-decade-old preferential trade program for sub-Saharan African countries. The country failed to meet...