Trump tariffs: AGOA, agoing, agone?

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Changing the world: Trump’s tariffs have upended global trade and threaten growth

President Donald Trump’s tariff intentions towards the world have all but pulled the rug from under AGOA, five months before its expiry. African products that enjoyed relaxed access to the US are waking up to a new reality, writes MBONGENI MGUNI

In January, a day after Donald Trump began his second coming as President of the United States, Mmegi published an analysis entitled “US trade deal: What’s AGOA’n on?”.

The essence of the piece was on how US lawmakers have delayed the renewal of the African Growth and Opportunities Act (AGOA), to the point where an unofficial veil of silence had fallen over the deal.

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