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19 April 2018
Washington trade officials announced last week that they would be reviewing the eligibility of India, Indonesia, and Kazakhstan for participation in a long-standing trade preference programme for developing nations. The news was confirmed by the Office of the US Trade Representative (USTR), which...
6 April 2018
Le président américain Donald Trump a décidé, la semaine dernière, de suspendre l’accès en franchise de droits au marché américain dont bénéficient les produits d’habillement en provenance du Rwanda au titre de l’ African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA). Cette sanction, qui devrait prendre effet...
5 April 2018
US President Donald Trump decided last week to suspend duty-free treatment on US imports of apparel products from Rwanda under the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA). The sanction, which is set to take effect in early June, is in reaction to the East African country’s decision to raise...
21 August 2017
Les responsables officiels du commerce et représentants de la société civile et des milieux d’affaires d’Afrique et des États-Unis se sont retrouvés du 8 au 10 août à Lomé, la capitale togolaise, pour deux jours de discussion à l’occasion du 16 ème Forum de l’AGOA. Le forum s’est intéressé à la...
17 August 2017
African and US officials, private sector representatives, and members of civil society organisations gathered last week in Lomé, Togo, for two days of discussions during the 16 th AGOA Forum. The forum addressed the implementation of the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) and considered ways...
9 February 2017
The EU’s executive arm has proposed that the bloc continue limiting its coverage of aviation under its flagship carbon market to only intra-EU flights, along with taking on other steps that will support the implementation of a new global deal to offset aviation emissions. Last October, the...
30 September 2016
Les ministres, responsables officiels du commerce et représentants de la société civile et des milieux d’affaires d’Afrique et des États-Unis se sont réunis du 22 au 26 septembre à Washington D.C. pour discuter de la mise en œuvre de l’ African Growth and Opportunity Act – Loi sur la croissance et...
29 September 2016
On 22-26 September, African and US ministers, trade officials, civil society, and business sector representatives gathered in Washington D.C. to discuss the implementation of the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) at the 15 th AGOA Forum. Held once a year, the event gives all stakeholders...
22 February 2016
Total trade between the United States and countries supported under the African Growth and Opportunity Act ( AGOA) showed another decrease in 2015, according to data published by the AGOA.info website. Combined trade, which came to US$ 50b in 2015, only reached US$ 36b last year. Trade between the...
18 February 2016
Le commerce total entre les États-Unis et les pays bénéficiaires de l’AGOA – pour African Growth and Opportunity Act, ou Loi sur la croissance et les opportunités – a encore baissé au cours de l’année 2015, selon les données publiées par le site AGOA.info. Le montant global des échanges, qui s’...
14 January 2016
South Africa and the US reached an agreement last week on the technical issues which have been blocking US meat – essentially poultry, pork and beef – imports into the African country. Although the negotiations went beyond the time frame envisaged earlier by US President Barack Obama, uncertainty...
13 January 2016
South Africa and the US reached an agreement last week on the technical issues which have been blocking US meat – essentially poultry, pork and beef – imports into the African country. Although the negotiations went beyond the time frame envisaged earlier by US President Barack Obama, uncertainty...
11 November 2015
The US could revoke South Africa eligibility for duty-free treatment for all agricultural goods under the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) if the country continues to impose longstanding barriers to US trade, including barriers affecting certain US agricultural exports. The duty-free...
18 September 2015
据报道，美国和南非经过本周的战略对话，在美国进口禽类、猪肉和牛肉的健康卫生技术性谈判中取得了进展。 在此之前，两国在六月于巴黎达成了一份协议，该协议本该为美国鸡肉重新进入南非市场铺平道路，但是协议并没有得到充分的执行，美国方面对此备感挫折。 自2000年以来，某些美国进口鸡肉一直在南非被征收超过100%的反侵销税，这被美国出口商认为是不公正的。根据在巴黎签署的协议，南非承诺将取消美国进口鸡肉的此类征税，并在每年65,000吨的基础上恢复进口。（《桥-非洲》英文版， 2015年06月10日 ） 在南非对美国几个州爆发的禽流感疫情——该疫情由可传染的鸟类病毒引起，有时会传播给禽类——表示担忧之后...
17 September 2015
The US and South Africa have reportedly made progress on the technical health and sanitary discussions related to the imports of poultry, pork, and beef meat from the United States, following a strategic dialogue held this week. This development comes after growing frustrations from Washington over...
16 September 2015
The US and South Africa have reportedly made progress on the technical health and sanitary discussions related to the imports of poultry, pork, and beef meat from the United States, following a strategic dialogue held this week. This development comes after growing frustrations from Washington over...
3 September 2015
The 14th African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) Forum took place from 25-27 August in the Gabonese capital, Libreville. Considered the central pillar of economic relations between the US and sub-Saharan Africa, AGOA provides duty-free quota-free access to the US market for over 6000 products...
1 September 2015
Du 25 au 27 août s’est déroulé, à Libreville, la capitale gabonaise, le 14 ème Forum sur l’AGOA – pour African Growth and Opportunity Act , ou Loi sur la croissance et les opportunités en français. Considéré comme le pilier central des relations économiques entre les États-Unis et l’Afrique sub-...
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