U. S. -Africa Trade

Download or read book U. S. -Africa Trade written by Loren Yager and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on 2010 with total page 47 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sub-Saharan Africa's (SSA) textile and apparel industry has not achieved the growth anticipated under the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA). This report identifies changes to U.S. trade preference programs "to provide incentives to increase investment and other measures necessary to improve the competitiveness of [SSA] beneficiary countries in the production of yarns, fabric, and other textile and apparel inputs." This report provides Congress a range of options put forward by experts for: (1) possible changes to AGOA or other U.S. trade preference programs; and (2) other measures the U.S. gov¿t. could take to help increase investment in and improve competitiveness of SSA textile and apparel inputs production. Charts and tables.