AFRICAN COMPANIES NEED TO PREPARE FOR UPCOMING NEW AGOA DEAL, CONFERENCE TOLD
June 8th, 2014
There are growing opportunities in the US for African clothing and textile producers, but a long term preferential trade agreement is needed for them to develop supply chains that can meet demand, industry experts at the Source Africa trade show have said.This three-day event held in Cape Town last week (June 18-19) focused notably on the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA), which runs from 2000 to 2015, with many conferencees seeking to understand how to better exploit the US preferential trade agreement.While AGOA in its present form ends next year, ...
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