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Agoa uncertainty adds fresh strain to South Africa’s poultry industry

Business Day 15 Dec 2025
Trade uncertainty, cheap US chicken imports deepen pressure on local poultry producers .
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Smith Statement on Ways and Means Approval of AGOA, Haiti, and IP Protection Legislation (Adrian Smith)

Public Technologies 11 Dec 2025
). Washington, D.C ... BACKGROUND. ... 6500, The AGOA Extension Act, introduced by full committee Chairman Jason Smith (R-MO), would provide a clean three-year extension of the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA). Smith is an original cosponsor of H.R.
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News24 | AGOA extension gets its first green light – and SA not excluded yet

News24 11 Dec 2025
A US House committee has voted to extend AGOA for one year, but it must still be approved by the House of Representatives, which might only happen in 2026 ... .
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US advances Agoa renewal but leaves SA status unresolved

Business Day 11 Dec 2025
Bill passed on Wednesday makes no mention of SA’s future in trade programme .
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Could South Africa be excluded from a potential Agoa extension?

Moneyweb 11 Dec 2025
‘The reality is that on our side we have been, in my view, a lot less proactive than we should have been and could have been’ says Dr Iraj Abedian, economist and founder of Pan-African Investment Services ... .
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East Africa/Southern Africa : US and African lobbies mobilise as AGOA renewal enters high-stakes phase

Africa Intelligence 11 Dec 2025
The African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) expired on 30 September, and Washington is gearing up for a legislative sprint to secure its renewal. A bill submitted on 10 December to the powerful US House Ways and Means Committee....
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Congresswoman Gwen Moore Statement on AGOA (Gwen Moore)

Public Technologies 11 Dec 2025
Congresswoman Gwen Moore Statement on AGOA ... 6500, the African Growth and Opportunity (AGOA) Extension Act ... "AGOA is an important trading tool that supports economic opportunities and development in Sub-Saharan Africa.
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SA’s Agoa inclusion questioned, tech jobs on the rise, and Mr Price acquires European retailer

Moneyweb 11 Dec 2025
This evening, we dive into the latest market movements with PrimeXBT, we speak to Pan-African Investments about ...
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Beyond AGOA: Ending the Era of Permission-Based Development

Independent online (SA) 11 Dec 2025
AGOA has been framed for decades as development assistance, yet its structure functions as a geopolitical leash ... AGOA institutionalised the idea that Africa must continually prove itself to the United States ... AGOA normalised this asymmetry.
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Fitch: Despite Nigeria, Africa’s Bright Economic Outlook, AGOA Expiry Poses Challenge

This Day 11 Dec 2025
The expiry of the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) duty-free access window presents an immediate challenge to Nigeria and Africa, particularly for African apparel exporters, a report by BMI, a Fitch Solutions Company, has said.
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US lawmakers table Bill to extend Agoa by three years to 2028

Independent online (SA) 11 Dec 2025
US legislators have introduced a bill to extend the African Growth and Opportunity Act (Agoa) for three more years, seeking to restore stability to Washington’s flagship trade programme with sub-Saharan Africa after it lapsed on 30 September.
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News24 | AGOA extension: SA lobbying hard for inclusion

News24 10 Dec 2025
South Africa is committed to ensuring that it is ‌included in any extension ⁠of US trade initiative, ‌a trade ‌ministry spokesperson said ‌on Wednesday ... .
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