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Neal calls for ITC report on AGOA as Congress considers program’s future

January 19, 2022 at 3:07 PM
House Ways & Means Committee Chair Richard Neal (D-MA) is calling on the U.S. International Trade Commission to investigate the impacts of the African Growth and Opportunity Act as lawmakers consider the program’s future. AGOA, the U.S.’ two-decade-old preferential trade program with countries in sub-Saharan Africa, is set to expire in 2025. In a Jan. 19 letter to ITC Chair Jason Kearns, Neal asks the commission to “conduct an investigation and provide a report on the AGOA program in general...

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