The Trump administration has signalled its support for renewing a 25-year-old trade pact with Africa that was credited with kick-starting valuable manufacturing industries in some of the continent’s poorest countries.
The African Growth and Opportunity Act (Agoa), which offers tariff-free access to US markets for 32 African countries, will expire on Tuesday unless US Congress intervenes to save the deal.
However, in a signal the Trump White House may be open to backing an extension, Massad Boulos, President Donald Trump’s senior adviser for Africa and father-in-law of Trump’s daughter Tiffany, said the administration “agreed with the objectives” of Agoa.
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