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Uncertainty over AGOA puts African apparel exports at risk

Insights

• Rising uncertainty and new Trump-era tariffs are destabilising fragile African textile industries.
• Lesotho has already declared a national state of disaster.
• With AGOA expiring soon, fears are growing across sub-Saharan Africa.
• The rollback or expiry of AGOA could stall two decades of economic progress.
• As the US shrinks aid, countries including China and India are working to establish closer ties.