Congress advances AGOA, CAFTA-DR changes

Central America

Friday, June 22, 2012

The U.S. Congress on Thursday agreed to advance legislation making updates and improvements to the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA), America’s trade preference program for sub-Saharan Africa, and a U.S. free trade agreement with a handful of Central America countries and the Dominican Republic (CAFTA-DR). “If our trade partnerships with Africa and Central America are going to provide the economic boost they’re meant to provide to these developing regions, and benefit ...

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