US Cuts Ethiopia, Mali, And Guinea From Duty-Free Trade Program

 

VOA/Reuters: US Takes Ethiopia, Mali, Guinea Off Africa Duty-free Trade Program 

WASHINGTON — The United States on Saturday cut Ethiopia, Mali and Guinea from access to a duty-free trade program, following through on President Joe Biden's threat to do so over accusations of human rights violations and recent coups. 

"The United States today terminated Ethiopia, Mali and Guinea from the AGOA trade preference program due to actions taken by each of their governments in violation of the AGOA Statute," the U.S. Trade Representative's office said in a statement. 

Biden said in November that Ethiopia would be cut off from the duty-free trading regime provided under the U.S. African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) because of alleged human rights violations in the Tigray region, while Mali and Guinea were targeted because of recent coups.  

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WNU Editor: The Biden administration said the African countries had violated internationally recognized human rights. 

US Cuts Ethiopia, Mali, And Guinea From Duty-Free Trade Program  

US cuts off Ethiopia, Mali and Guinea from duty-free trade programme with Africa -- The National  

Ethiopia, Mali and Guinea excluded from US trade agreement -- RTE  

US removes Ethiopia, Mali and Guinea from AGOA trade programme -- Al Jazeera