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Report finds East Africa among most promising trade partners for U.S. Trade companies
“Underutilisation is due to stringent standards and rules of origin which make it difficult for African products to meet the U.S. market.”
The U.S. trade rep spoke at the start of a two-day ministerial in Washington.
A “sense of urgency” for a new deal or deals is coupled with an “unprededented stretch of stability” and time to plan.
He led the charge extend the duty-free treatment after USTR deferred on extending the preferences beyond least-developed countries and AGO members.
One briefing came a day after a bipartisan group members sent a letter to USTR decrying the decision not to extend travel goods preferences to all beneficiaries.
Members of the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) are splitting with U.S. importers and lauding the Obama Administration's decision to allow their travel goods to enter the United States duty-free under the Generalized System of Preferences and AGOA programs as those countries seek to diversify exports and make greater use of trade preferences programs.