The trade legislation known as AGOA is the focus of discussions this week in Washington, DC between senior U.S. officials and Africa trade ministers, along with key regional economic organizations, labor and civil society groups and private sector representatives.
Albert Muchanga, the Africa n Union Commissioner for Economic Development, Tourism, Trade and Mining addressing the AGOA Private Sector Forum in Washington, DC.is the focus of discussions this week in Washington, DC between senior U.S. officials and Africa trade ministers, along with key regional economic organizations, labor and civil society groups and private sector representatives.
This year's meeting, a annual gathering mandated by the Act, kicked off Wednesday with a Civil Society and Organized Labor Forum and a Private Sector Forum. With legislation's expiration approaching - in September 2025 – the urgency for Congress to act is permeating the session taking place in Washington, DC.
Speakers at the Private Sector session - hosted by the U.S. Institute of Peace, the Corporate Council on Africa and the U.S. Department of Commerce - echoed the President's appeal appealed to Congress to update and extend the law.
"Worker rights and collective bargaining have to be the basis to ensuring we can promote development," Zingiswa Losi, president of the South African labor confederation Cosatu, told the session, according toAlong with the pressing deadline for passage, the shape of the new legislation is a prime topic for debate.
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