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The AFL-CIO had urged the administration to end the country’s benefits due to the practice of slavery in the country.
Three senators say the bilateral trade relationship should be advanced “by exempting South Africa from the Section 232 tariffs, which will in turn preserve our AGOA agreement with South Africa and support the U.S. poultry industry.”
Turkey on Wednesday claimed the U.S. would be in violation of World Trade Organization rules if it decided to strip Ankara of benefits under the Generalized System of Preferences.
“Our two countries will work together to explore a mutually beneficial trade and investment framework ... including by maximizing the remaining years of AGOA and looking ahead to the next steps.”
At issue is the 65,000 metric-ton TRQ South Africa granted the U.S. in 2016, conditioned on Pretoria’s continued participation in the African Growth and Opportunity Act.
The American Institute for International Steel is citing President Trump's decision to double Section 232 tariffs on Turkish imports as another reason the statute should be modified.
Witnesses took issue with Mauritania’s labor practices and a South African copyright law.
Perdue: “This is a good harbinger of the kind of relationship that can be developed. We hope there are other things we can cooperate on to expand markets around the globe.”
Kenya is seen as a top target for a bilateral trade deal.
President Trump on Monday followed through on his threat to suspend apparel benefits Rwanda receives under the African Growth and Opportunity Act due to the country’s import ban on used apparel.
“In the specific case of South Africa, they’re going to be justified in imposing countervailing duties that may well close the door to this newly opened market for our poultry.”
U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer told senators on Thursday that the U.S. will soon begin free trade agreement negotiations with countries in Southeast Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa.
U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer’s proposal for a “model” bilateral trade deal with an African country that could eventually supplant the African Growth and Opportunity Act attracted little interest this week, South Africa’s trade minister Rob Davies said on Friday, with AGOA countries saying they preferred to negotiate with the U.S. as a group.
U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer on Wednesday called on African countries benefiting from the African Growth and Opportunity Act to begin negotiating a “model” free trade agreement with the United States.