USTR: Trade ministers reaffirm need to modernize AGOA

African trade ministers in Washington on Tuesday reaffirmed a “broad agreement” on a need to update the African Growth and Opportunity Act, according to the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative. The ministerial, hosted by USTR Katherine Tai and Deputy USTR Sarah Bianchi, took place on the first day of the U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit. The talks “re-affirmed the United States’ commitment to expanding trade and investment with the continent and highlighted the broad agreement on the need to strengthen implementation...