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Ambassador Dan Negrea speaks at a lectern in front of a large screen showing the Roosevelt Africa Trail listing on the US State Department's Trade Over Aid Deals Library website, with a deal value of $1,200,000,000 for Uganda

Uganda pitches $1.2bn pipeline as first entry in US Trade Over Aid library

A $1.2bn pipeline of Ugandan tourism, coffee and infrastructure projects awaits US financing approval and government confirmation

Uganda-US relations

Uganda joins Trump administration’s Trade over Aid talks in New York

What Washington's Trade over Aid initiative asks of Uganda, and why Kampala's delegation is at Friday's high-level talks in New York

A textile worker in a headscarf and face mask operates a spinning frame, with rows of yarn bobbins overhead, at a factory.

Fine Spinners targets Japan and Europe with Shs20bn investment

Fine Spinners plans a 30 to 40 per cent capacity rise after a fresh $5mn machinery investment at its Kampala mill

Flags of African countries and the United States flag at the 20th African Growth and Opportunities Act Forum held in Johannesburg, November 2023

As Agoa draws to a close in 2025, an expert takes stock of its achievements after 23 years

It seems that the African Growth and Opportunities Act boosted trade between the United States and every other eligible country, except for Uganda

Overhead image of shipping containers in a port

AGOA critical to jobs, sustainable growth — Standard Bank

African Growth and Opportunity Act provides critical support for Africa to grow manufacturing and expand markets

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AGOA

Anti-gay law: Biden administration moves to exclude Uganda from trade pact

President Biden said that despite 'intensive engagement', Uganda had failed to address US concerns about its failure to meet AGOA eligibility criteria

Trump vs Africa: how the continent can counter destructive policies

It’s possible that Trump will opt for an American retreat from the bipartisan development, humanitarian, and security assistance goals of previous administrations.

Whither the US-Africa trade relationship after AGOA?

The US and Africa should move beyond AGOA towards more conventional reciprocal trade relationships, via ‘stepping stones’ including ‘plurilateral’ deals, whereby African countries opened up their markets to specific goods, such as IT equipment.

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