{"id":165855,"date":"2025-09-10T20:29:49","date_gmt":"2025-09-10T20:29:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.one.org\/us\/?page_id=165855"},"modified":"2026-05-18T15:16:55","modified_gmt":"2026-05-18T15:16:55","slug":"african-growth-opportunity-act-agoa","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.one.org\/us\/what-we-do\/the-issues\/economic-development\/african-growth-opportunity-act-agoa\/","title":{"rendered":"The African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div id=\"block_ec5cfd319a9d80457f885266b17fc401\" class=\"oneorg-block oneorg-promo flush is-style-bottom  has-text-align-left  \">\n\n\t\t\t    \n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"oneorg-promo__wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"oneorg-promo__inner\">   \n\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"oneorg-promo__content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"acf-innerblocks-container\">\n\n<p class=\"oneorg-section-title\">The Issues<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-the-african-growth-and-opportunity-act-agoa\">The African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA)<\/h2>\n\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:31px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><strong>Thousands of U.S. jobs and billions in trade are at risk. Congress must act now to reauthorize and modernize this vital program.<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>For 26 years, the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) has been the foundation of U.S. trade and economic relationships with Africa, unlocking key African markets for U.S. companies, allowing them to diversify supply chains and better compete globally. Unless Congress extends it, <strong>AGOA will expire on December 31, 2026<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>AGOA enhances U.S.-Africa trade and investment by granting eligible sub-Saharan African countries duty-free access to U.S. markets for over 6,500 products. Countries must meet criteria related to market-based economy practices, rule of law, human rights, and economic reform.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>AGOA has helped create hundreds of thousands of jobs, both in the U.S. and in African countries. <strong>More than 450,000 U.S. jobs are tied to U.S.-Africa trade.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>AGOA benefits the United States, with <strong>U.S. exports to AGOA countries increasing by nearly <a href=\"https:\/\/agoa.info\/data\/total-trade.html\">300%<\/a><\/strong> since its inception.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Secretary Rubio has <a href=\"https:\/\/statedept.substack.com\/p\/100-days-of-an-america-first-state-department\">stated<\/a>: \u201cIn Africa, America needs a policy of <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.devex.com\/news\/scoop-us-to-un-global-aid-has-failed-to-improve-lives-of-poor-112291\">trade, not aid<\/a><\/strong>, and \u2026 expanding opportunities for American companies.\u201d This is what AGOA does.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Allowing AGOA to lapse would cede America\u2019s strategic and economic interests to our strategic adversaries. China has granted duty-free trade status to nearly all African nations.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>If AGOA is not renewed, U.S. tariffs on key supplier countries to U.S. apparel brands will more than double or triple, which will lead to higher costs for U.S. consumers and\/or renewed reliance on China for production.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>We urge Congress and the Administration to extend and modernize AGOA before it expires on December 31, 2026.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/cdn.one.org\/pdfs\/AGOA%20Backgrounder_May2026.pdf\">Find additional information here<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"buffer\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Thousands of U.S. jobs and billions in trade are at risk. Congress must act now to reauthorize and modernize this vital program. We urge Congress and the Administration to extend and modernize AGOA before it expires on December 31, 2026.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":42,"featured_media":166324,"parent":164500,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"165724,165334,165261,165196,165030,164315","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-165855","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.1 (Yoast SEO v27.1.1) - 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