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CCA considers the African Growth and
Opportunity Act (AGOA) to be the most important
U.S.-Africa trade legislation ever enacted.
Since AGOA’s inception in 2000 and beginning in
2001, CCA has convened various private sector
activities related to each annual AGOA Forum, held
both in Africa and in the United States. Recent
AGOA-related actions by CCA are detailed below. 2010 AGOA Forum, Washington, D.C., and Kansas City, Missouri, August 2-6, 2010 CCA hosted the United States Department of State’s African Women’s Entrepreneurship Program (AWEP) participants for business networking luncheons in Washington and Kansas City. AWEP participants came from 37 AGOA-accredited countries and were selected by the State Department for the program, which provided the women with skills to succeed further as business leaders, lobby their countries’ governments to enact pro-growth reforms and identify potential American business partners for long term commercial relationships. The luncheons were sponsored by CCA members Chevron, Export Trading Group and Polsinelli Shughart. To see profiles of AWEP participants and other information on the AWEP program, (click here and here).
2009 AGOA Forum in Nairobi, Kenya, August 3-6, 2009 The Corporate Council on Africa (CCA), in partnership with the U.S. Department of Commerce, acted as U.S. private sector coordinator for the 8th Annual African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) Private Sector Forum at the Kenyatta International Conference Center in Nairobi, Kenya. The theme for the forum was “Realizing the Full Potential of AGOA through Expansion of Trade and Investment.” The United States and Africa: Policy Recommendations from the American Private Sector for the Obama Administration In March 2009, CCA released and issued a report from the American Private sector to the Obama Administration on future U.S. policy toward Africa. The recommendations included strategies to expand AGOA to include additional product coverage, and provide infrastructure support to beneficiaries to improve capacity and to produce a broader array of AGOA–eligible products. Read more>> About AGOA AGOA was signed into law by President Bill Clinton on May 18, 2000 as Title 1 of The Trade and Development Act of 2000. The law offers tangible incentives for African countries to continue their efforts to open their economies and build free markets. Participation in AGOA requires that beneficiary countries commit themselves to the establishment of a market-based economy, the rule of law and policies to reduce poverty. To learn more, visit www.agoa.gov |
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