Tenth AGOA Forum is a time to assess U.S.-Africa trade

[The] 10th annual United States-Sub-Saharan Africa Trade and Economic Cooperation Forum, known as the AGOA Forum, convenes its ministerial meeting in Washington August 2, offering an excellent opportunity to look at U.S.-Africa trade today and agree on new strategies for tomorrow.

Florizelle Liser, the assistant U.S. trade representative for Africa, made that point in a July 23 interview with America.gov.

"Ten years ago when we put AGOA in place, I think we were clear that we wanted to provide more market access for Africa's valued-added products into America's market. We understood that was important and that there were some key sectors ... that would really stimulate growth in Africa. We have seen some of that growth," she said.

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