Just days before the African Growth and Opportunity Act Forum convenes in South Africa, President Biden announced he is removing four beneficiary countries from the program for their failure to comply with AGOA’s criteria.
The countries losing their duty-free access to the US market under AGOA are Gabon, Niger, the Central African Republic and Uganda. Mauritania, on the other hand, is being reinstated into AGOA after losing its eligibility in 2019 because of worker rights concerns.
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