{"id":7377,"date":"2018-03-09T17:20:24","date_gmt":"2018-03-09T16:20:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aedic.eu\/?p=7377"},"modified":"2018-03-09T17:20:24","modified_gmt":"2018-03-09T16:20:24","slug":"agoa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aedic.eu\/en\/economics\/agoa-2\/","title":{"rendered":"AGOA"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2922 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/aedic.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/LAfrican-Growth-and-Opportunity-Act-o-AGOA-cooperazioen-USA-AFRICA-300x195.png\" alt=\"African Growth and Opportunity Act or AGOA US AFRICA cooperation\" width=\"300\" height=\"195\" title=\"\">The African Growth and Opportunity Act or AGOA<\/strong> ('Growth and Opportunity for Africa Act') is an act issued in May 2000 by the United States Congress describing a plan of <strong>cooperation and economic and trade assistance to sub-Saharan African countries.<\/strong><\/p><div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_82_2 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-white ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Index<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #1e73be;color:#1e73be\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewbox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #1e73be;color:#1e73be\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewbox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseprofile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/aedic.eu\/en\/economics\/agoa-2\/#Idoneita\" >Suitability<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/aedic.eu\/en\/economics\/agoa-2\/#Benefici\" >Benefits<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/aedic.eu\/en\/economics\/agoa-2\/#Durata_del_programma\" >Programme duration<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Idoneita\"><\/span>Suitability<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>The act assigns the President of the United States the task of determining, on a current basis, which countries should be considered eligible to be part of the cooperation plan.<\/p>\n<p>The criteria for this are respect for workers' rights and the application of a free market-based economic system.<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Benefici\"><\/span>Benefits<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>Nations included in the programme <a href=\"http:\/\/www.agoa.info\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>AGOA<\/strong><\/a> enjoy certain benefits related to the possibility of exporting goods to the United States under reduced or zero duty conditions.<\/p>\n<p>The sectors in which the US has granted the most benefits are textiles and clothing.<\/p>\n<p>According to estimates provided by the US government, AGOA has created hundreds of thousands of jobs in southern Africa in these sectors. Among the countries that have benefited most from the agreements is Lesotho.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2923 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/aedic.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/LAfrican-Growth-and-Opportunity-Act-o-AGOA-300x223.jpg\" alt=\"African Growth and Opportunity Act or AGOA\" width=\"300\" height=\"223\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<p>Since 2005, a new system of agreements by the United States has meant that<\/p>\n<p>the African textile industry was facing competition from China, with a consequent impact on export volumes.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to textiles, some countries entered the programme <strong>AGOA<\/strong> started exporting other products, such as flowers, motor vehicles and steel.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Nigeria, Angola and South Africa are three of the countries with the largest export volume to the US.<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Durata_del_programma\"><\/span>Programme duration<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>The original act foresaw the end of the AGOA project in 2008. In 2004, Congress postponed the project's end date to 2015.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The African Growth and Opportunity Act or AGOA is an act enacted in May 2000 by the United States Congress describing a plan for economic and trade cooperation and assistance to sub-Saharan African countries. 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