{"id":29369,"date":"2026-02-16T05:57:00","date_gmt":"2026-02-16T04:57:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ecomnewsafrique.com\/?post_type=news&#038;p=29369"},"modified":"2026-02-10T11:32:27","modified_gmt":"2026-02-10T10:32:27","slug":"africa-us-president-donald-trump-has-signed-into-law-a-new-bill-extending-the-african-growth-and-opportunity-act-agoa-until-december-31-2026-this-trade-preference-program-has-been-in-place-since","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/ecomnewsafrique.com\/en\/2026\/02\/16\/africa-us-president-donald-trump-has-signed-into-law-a-new-bill-extending-the-african-growth-and-opportunity-act-agoa-until-december-31-2026-this-trade-preference-program-has-been-in-place-since\/","title":{"rendered":"Africa: US President Donald Trump has signed into law a new bill extending the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) until December 31, 2026. This trade preference program has been in place since 2000, granted by the United States to sub-Saharan African countries."},"content":"\n  \n    \n      \nOn February 3, US President Donald Trump signed into law a new bill extending the AGOA program until December 31, 2026. This trade preference program has been in place since 2000, granted by the United States to sub-Saharan African countries. \u201cPresident Trump has signed into law legislation that extends the AGOA trade preference program through December 31, 2026, with retroactive effect to September 30, 2025,\u201d White House Trade Representative Jamieson Greer said in a statement.\n\n    \n  \n\n\n  \n    \n      \nGreer also indicated that he would \u201cwork in the coming days with relevant government agencies to implement any changes to the United States Harmonized Tariffs Act as a result of the AGOA legislation.\u201d He further stated that he would work with Congress to \u201cmodernize the program to align it with President Trump\u2019s America First policy.\u201d\n\n    \n  \n\n\n  \n    \n      \nThe White House clarified in this same context that African countries should now open themselves up more to American products to benefit from this trade preference program, which expired on October 1, 2025, amidst the implementation of new tariffs by the Trump administration. &#8220;The 21st-century AGOA must demand more from our trading partners and provide better market access for American businesses, farmers, and ranchers, in order to capitalize on the benefits it has historically brought to Africa and the USA,&#8221; Mr. Greer emphasized.\n\n    \n  \n\n\n  \n    \n      \nUncertainty surrounds South Africa&#8217;s continued participation\n\n    \n  \n\n\n  \n    \n      \nLaunched in May 2000, the AGOA program allows eligible sub-Saharan African countries to export more than 1,800 products to the United States duty-free, in addition to the more than 5,000 products that already benefit from duty-free access under the Generalized System of Preferences (GSP). Each year, Washington updated the list of eligible countries, based in particular on their commitment to the market economy, respect for the rule of law, and anti-poverty policies. The program also takes into account the democratic progress or setbacks of the countries concerned.\n\n    \n  \n\n\n  \n    \n      \nIn January 2026, the House of Representatives voted to renew AGOA for three years, but the Senate reduced the duration to one year, as desired by the President, who advocated for a thorough overhaul of the program.\n\n    \n  \n\n\n  \n    \n      \nIt should also be noted that uncertainty still surrounds South Africa&#8217;s continued inclusion on the list of beneficiary countries. The Rainbow Nation currently has a strained relationship with the Trump administration, which accuses Pretoria of persecuting white citizens. Trump boycotted the G20 summit held in Johannesburg in November 2025. He also announced that South Africa would not be invited to the summit scheduled for 2026 in Miami.\n\n    \n  \n\n\n  \n    \n      \nWashington also criticizes Africa&#8217;s leading economic power for maintaining close ties with US rivals. Members of Congress recently discussed the &#8220;close relationship&#8221; between South Africa and strategic rivals of the United States, in connection with the participation of China, Russia, and Iran in naval exercises off the coast of South Africa.\n\n    \n  \n\n","author":116,"featured_media":29368,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","tags":[491,699,502],"location":[505],"class_list":["post-29369","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-africa","tag-economy","tag-trump-2","location-africa"],"short_url":"https:\/\/bit.ly\/4a5xeIz","have_related_news":"","chapo":"The trade agreement, which for 25 years allowed sub-Saharan African countries duty-free access to the US market, was set to expire on October 1, 2025. Its one-year extension allows time for a thorough review of the program to align it with Trump's \"America First\" policy.<br \/>\r\n","media":{"src":"https:\/\/ecomnewsafrique.com\/app\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/02\/trump_1_-550x360.jpg","srcset":"https:\/\/ecomnewsafrique.com\/app\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/02\/trump_1_-550x360.jpg 550w","sizes":"550px","alt":"","width":550,"height":360,"ratio":0.67,"credit_photo":""},"media-news-header":{"src":"https:\/\/ecomnewsafrique.com\/app\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/02\/trump_1_.jpg","srcset":"https:\/\/ecomnewsafrique.com\/app\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/02\/trump_1_.jpg 1170w","sizes":"1170px","alt":"","width":1170,"height":658,"ratio":0.67,"credit_photo":""},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.9.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Africa: US President Donald Trump has signed into law a new bill extending the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) until December 31, 2026. This trade preference program has been in place since 2000, granted by the United States to sub-Saharan African countries. - Ecomnews Afrique<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"On February 3, US President Donald Trump signed into law a new bill extending the AGOA program until December 31, 2026. This trade preference program has\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/ecomnewsafrique.com\/en\/2026\/02\/16\/africa-us-president-donald-trump-has-signed-into-law-a-new-bill-extending-the-african-growth-and-opportunity-act-agoa-until-december-31-2026-this-trade-preference-program-has-been-in-place-since\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Africa: US President Donald Trump has signed into law a new bill extending the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) until December 31, 2026. This trade preference program has been in place since 2000, granted by the United States to sub-Saharan African countries. - Ecomnews Afrique\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"On February 3, US President Donald Trump signed into law a new bill extending the AGOA program until December 31, 2026. This trade preference program has\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/ecomnewsafrique.com\/en\/2026\/02\/16\/africa-us-president-donald-trump-has-signed-into-law-a-new-bill-extending-the-african-growth-and-opportunity-act-agoa-until-december-31-2026-this-trade-preference-program-has-been-in-place-since\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Ecomnews Afrique\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-02-10T10:32:27+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/ecomnewsafrique.com\/app\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/02\/trump_1_.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"800\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"533\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/ecomnewsafrique.com\/en\/2026\/02\/16\/africa-us-president-donald-trump-has-signed-into-law-a-new-bill-extending-the-african-growth-and-opportunity-act-agoa-until-december-31-2026-this-trade-preference-program-has-been-in-place-since\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/ecomnewsafrique.com\/en\/2026\/02\/16\/africa-us-president-donald-trump-has-signed-into-law-a-new-bill-extending-the-african-growth-and-opportunity-act-agoa-until-december-31-2026-this-trade-preference-program-has-been-in-place-since\/\",\"name\":\"Africa: US President Donald Trump has signed into law a new bill extending the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) until December 31, 2026. This trade preference program has been in place since 2000, granted by the United States to sub-Saharan African countries. - Ecomnews Afrique\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/ecomnewsafrique.com\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2026-02-16T04:57:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-02-10T10:32:27+00:00\",\"description\":\"On February 3, US President Donald Trump signed into law a new bill extending the AGOA program until December 31, 2026. This trade preference program has\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/ecomnewsafrique.com\/en\/2026\/02\/16\/africa-us-president-donald-trump-has-signed-into-law-a-new-bill-extending-the-african-growth-and-opportunity-act-agoa-until-december-31-2026-this-trade-preference-program-has-been-in-place-since\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/ecomnewsafrique.com\/en\/2026\/02\/16\/africa-us-president-donald-trump-has-signed-into-law-a-new-bill-extending-the-african-growth-and-opportunity-act-agoa-until-december-31-2026-this-trade-preference-program-has-been-in-place-since\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/ecomnewsafrique.com\/en\/2026\/02\/16\/africa-us-president-donald-trump-has-signed-into-law-a-new-bill-extending-the-african-growth-and-opportunity-act-agoa-until-december-31-2026-this-trade-preference-program-has-been-in-place-since\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Accueil\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/ecomnewsafrique.com\/en\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Africa: US President Donald Trump has signed into law a new bill extending the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) until December 31, 2026. This trade preference program has been in place since 2000, granted by the United States to sub-Saharan African countries.\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/ecomnewsafrique.com\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/ecomnewsafrique.com\/\",\"name\":\"Ecomnews Afrique\",\"description\":\"Toute l&#039;information \u00e9conomique des pays d&#039;Afrique\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/ecomnewsafrique.com\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Africa: US President Donald Trump has signed into law a new bill extending the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) until December 31, 2026. This trade preference program has been in place since 2000, granted by the United States to sub-Saharan African countries. - Ecomnews Afrique","description":"On February 3, US President Donald Trump signed into law a new bill extending the AGOA program until December 31, 2026. This trade preference program has","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/ecomnewsafrique.com\/en\/2026\/02\/16\/africa-us-president-donald-trump-has-signed-into-law-a-new-bill-extending-the-african-growth-and-opportunity-act-agoa-until-december-31-2026-this-trade-preference-program-has-been-in-place-since\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Africa: US President Donald Trump has signed into law a new bill extending the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) until December 31, 2026. This trade preference program has been in place since 2000, granted by the United States to sub-Saharan African countries. - Ecomnews Afrique","og_description":"On February 3, US President Donald Trump signed into law a new bill extending the AGOA program until December 31, 2026. This trade preference program has","og_url":"https:\/\/ecomnewsafrique.com\/en\/2026\/02\/16\/africa-us-president-donald-trump-has-signed-into-law-a-new-bill-extending-the-african-growth-and-opportunity-act-agoa-until-december-31-2026-this-trade-preference-program-has-been-in-place-since\/","og_site_name":"Ecomnews Afrique","article_modified_time":"2026-02-10T10:32:27+00:00","og_image":[{"width":800,"height":533,"url":"https:\/\/ecomnewsafrique.com\/app\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/02\/trump_1_.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Est. reading time":"3 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/ecomnewsafrique.com\/en\/2026\/02\/16\/africa-us-president-donald-trump-has-signed-into-law-a-new-bill-extending-the-african-growth-and-opportunity-act-agoa-until-december-31-2026-this-trade-preference-program-has-been-in-place-since\/","url":"https:\/\/ecomnewsafrique.com\/en\/2026\/02\/16\/africa-us-president-donald-trump-has-signed-into-law-a-new-bill-extending-the-african-growth-and-opportunity-act-agoa-until-december-31-2026-this-trade-preference-program-has-been-in-place-since\/","name":"Africa: US President Donald Trump has signed into law a new bill extending the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) until December 31, 2026. This trade preference program has been in place since 2000, granted by the United States to sub-Saharan African countries. - Ecomnews Afrique","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/ecomnewsafrique.com\/#website"},"datePublished":"2026-02-16T04:57:00+00:00","dateModified":"2026-02-10T10:32:27+00:00","description":"On February 3, US President Donald Trump signed into law a new bill extending the AGOA program until December 31, 2026. This trade preference program has","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/ecomnewsafrique.com\/en\/2026\/02\/16\/africa-us-president-donald-trump-has-signed-into-law-a-new-bill-extending-the-african-growth-and-opportunity-act-agoa-until-december-31-2026-this-trade-preference-program-has-been-in-place-since\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/ecomnewsafrique.com\/en\/2026\/02\/16\/africa-us-president-donald-trump-has-signed-into-law-a-new-bill-extending-the-african-growth-and-opportunity-act-agoa-until-december-31-2026-this-trade-preference-program-has-been-in-place-since\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/ecomnewsafrique.com\/en\/2026\/02\/16\/africa-us-president-donald-trump-has-signed-into-law-a-new-bill-extending-the-african-growth-and-opportunity-act-agoa-until-december-31-2026-this-trade-preference-program-has-been-in-place-since\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Accueil","item":"https:\/\/ecomnewsafrique.com\/en\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Africa: US President Donald Trump has signed into law a new bill extending the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) until December 31, 2026. This trade preference program has been in place since 2000, granted by the United States to sub-Saharan African countries."}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/ecomnewsafrique.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/ecomnewsafrique.com\/","name":"Ecomnews Afrique","description":"Toute l&#039;information \u00e9conomique des pays d&#039;Afrique","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/ecomnewsafrique.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ecomnewsafrique.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/29369"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ecomnewsafrique.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ecomnewsafrique.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ecomnewsafrique.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/116"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ecomnewsafrique.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=29369"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ecomnewsafrique.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/29368"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ecomnewsafrique.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29369"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ecomnewsafrique.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29369"},{"taxonomy":"location","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ecomnewsafrique.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/location?post=29369"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}