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South Africa, Rwanda Face AGOA Expulsion

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South Africa, Rwanda Face AGOA Expulsion

Rwanda and South Africa will be removed from the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) trade preference program, the Trump administration announced this week.

United States Trade Representative (USTR) Ambassador Jamieson Greer on Monday issued a statement saying that President Donald Trump had notified Congress as well as the governments of the countries in question that he intends to terminate their access to AGOA beginning on Jan. 1, 2027.

“The Office of the United States Trade Representative led the annual interagency review of sub-Saharan African countries’ eligibility for the AGOA trade preference program. Based on the review, President Trump found that the governments of Rwanda and South Africa are engaging in practices that are inconsistent with AGOA’s eligibility criteria,” Greer said.

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“These concerning and pervasive practices include, but are not limited to, barriers that undermine American trade and investment and practices that pose a threat to U.S. national security and foreign policy interests in the region,” he added. “The Trump Administration is working to ensure our African partners take the necessary steps to meet the eligibility criteria.”

According to the USTR , the administration is “deeply concerned” about a number of issues in Rwanda at this juncture, including alleged barriers to trade and investment, human rights and worker rights challenges, political pluralism and adherence to the rule of law.



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