April’s Last Word
April’s Last Word “Looking Back at AGOA’s History to Inform its Future” by Steve McDonald, Director, Africa Program and the Project on Leadership and Building State Capacity Recently, I gave a...
View Article‘Beyond AGOA’: Setting the Stage
The Africa Program and the Project on Leadership and Building State Capacity at the Woodrow Wilson Center are proud to announce the launch of our next special series: ‘Beyond AGOA.’ Signed into law in...
View ArticleReflections on the 2013 AGOA Forum
Earlier this week, I was privileged to be a Member of the U.S. Delegation to the 2013 AGOA Forum held in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. First signed into law in 2000 by President Clinton, the African Growth...
View ArticleA Smarter AGOA, A Better-Off Africa
“How much good luck has your name brought to Nigeria?” This question from 10 year old prodigy Zuriel Oduwole during the African Union’s 50th anniversary brought President Goodluck Jonathan of Nigeria...
View ArticleImproving on AGOA: African Exports to the U.S.
Trade relations between sub-Saharan Africa and the United States, specifically African exports to the United States, must be examined and re-evaluated after the implementation of the African Growth and...
View ArticleSwaziland’s Eligibility for AGOA at Risk
The immediate future of Swaziland’s duty-free export market to the United States (US) through the Africa Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) is hanging by a thread this month. In April 2014, the US AGOA...
View ArticleAGOA: One Year After Renewal
Garment workers at a factory in Ghana. The Third-Country Fabric Provision in AGOA has boosted African apparel makers. Photo by U.S. Embassy Ghana, via Flickr. Creative Commons. It has been one year...
View ArticleThe AfCFTA and the U.S.-Kenya Free Trade Agreement Challenge: Getting Beyond...
Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta and U.S. President Donald Trump alongside First Lady Margaret Kenyatta and First Lady Melania Trump during a visit at the White House. Photo courtesy of The White House...
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