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Kenya hopes for AGOA adjustments

05/08/2009

Kenya is hoping some adjustments will be made to the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) following an address by US secretary of state, Hillary Clinton, today.

Concerns have been voiced over moves within the US Congress to extend trade preferences to other countries such as Bangladesh and Cambodia. The AGOA currently covers around 40 nations and gives market access to sub-Saharan nations committed to democracy and free markets.

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