U.S. business wants Africa trade certainty, Biden official says

📆 11/4/2023 6:46 AM
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U.S. businesses want certainty over the future of Washington's flagship trade programme for Africa as they reduce their dependence on China and consider investing on the continent, a Biden administration official said on Saturday.

Delegates attend the opening of the U.S.-sub-Saharan Africa trade forum to discuss the future of the African Growth and Opportunity Act , at the NASREC conference center in Johannesburg, South Africa, November 3, 2023. REUTERS/Siphiwe SibekoJOHANNESBURG, Nov 4 -

"American businesses want AGOA reauthorised. Regardless of sector, they've made that very clear," British Robinson, who heads the U.S. administration's Prosper Africa initiative, told Reuters on the sidelines of the meetings. " extremely important. That's what they've told us," she said, adding that the programme's future was ultimately in the hands of the U.S. Congress. "We don't have control over that."

"But we believe the principal consideration must be ensuring a successful and timely reauthorisation," they said in a statement.

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