Key facts
- US Trade Representative Jamieson Greer said Washington intends to suspend South Africa and Rwanda from AGOA duty-free access.
- Greer said in a statement that President Trump found the two governments' practices inconsistent with AGOA eligibility criteria.
US Trade Representative Jamieson Greer said on Monday that Washington intends to suspend South Africa and Rwanda from duty-free access to the US market under the African Growth and Opportunity Act, Reuters reported in a dispatch datelined Washington and dated November 2.
Greer said in a statement that President Trump found the governments of Rwanda and South Africa were engaging in practices inconsistent with AGOA's eligibility criteria. The report did not set out which criteria were cited, when any suspension would begin, or which products would be affected.
The report was held for review because it could not be placed against the current period.