The African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) lapsed on 30 September 2025 amid the broader government funding impasse, and Congress has not yet coalesced around a vehicle to restore it. The Trump administration has said it would support only a short, essentially “stop-gap” renewal—one year, tied to broader negotiations over Africa policy and market access—which sets a lower ceiling than the long, 10- to 16-year reauthorizations U.S. and African stakeholders had urged earlier in the year.
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