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Take a look at Gabon, Niger and the Central African Republic (CAR) from a special US-Africa trade programme.
Recall that Correspondents in the field had earlier reported that the President Joe Biden-led US government decided to remove the four African countries from the trade programme over alleged violation of human rights.
The US introduced the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) in 2000.
It gives eligible sub-Saharan African countries duty-free access to the US for more than 1,800 products.
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President Museveni Blast US
Therefore President Biden said that Niger and Gabon – both of which are currently under military rule following coups this year – are ineligible for AGOA because they “have not established, or are not making continual progress toward establishing the protection of political pluralism and the rule of law”.
He said, “I need to advise you not to be over-concerned by the recent actions by the American Government in discouraging their companies from investing in Uganda and on removing Uganda from the AGOA list.
“Some of these actors in the western world overestimate themselves and underestimate the freedom fighters of Africa. On account of some of the freedom fighters making mistakes of philosophy, ideology and strategy, some of the foreign actors, erroneously think that African countries cannot move forward without their support
Fellow Ugandans and, especially, the Bazzukulu. Greetings.
I need to advise you not to be over-concerned by the recent actions by the American Government in discouraging their companies from investing in Uganda and on removing Uganda from the AGOA list.
Some of these actors in…
— Yoweri K Museveni (@KagutaMuseveni) November 5, 2023
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