US President Donald Trump holds a "Foreign Trade Barriers" document as he delivers remarks on tariffs in the Rose Garden at the White House in Washington DC, US on April 2, 2025.
This seems to be the end of Agoa -- the deal giving African producers duty-free access to the US market for certain products -- declared South Africa's Foreign Affairs Minister Ronald Lamola this week after Donald Trump announced sweeping tariffs that have upended the global trade order.
Mr Lamola said the tariffs had effectively nullified benefits Sub-Saharan African countries enjoy under the African Growth and Opportunity Act (Agoa), noting that they will affect several sectors of the economy, “including automotive industry, agriculture, processed food and beverage, chemical, metals and other segments of manufacturing, with implications for jobs and growth.”
