IN-DEPTH | Why the AGOA agreement is a political blinking game - analysts
Former US Secretary of State John Kerry addresses the African Growth and Opportunity Act 4 August 2014 during the US-Africa Summit at the World Bank in Washington, DC.South Africa and the US will engage in a three-day forum between Thursday and Saturday, which will set, or even reset, the tone for the strained working relationship between the two countries this year.
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