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Africa: The U.S. Bought Time on AGOA. Now it Needs a Strategy.
The U.S. Congress passed a one-year extension of the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) in February after a year of delays that caused a temporary lapse in the trade program. China simultaneously expanded duty-free access to 53 African countries with which it has diplomatic relations.
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