{"id":91869,"date":"2025-10-22T15:23:04","date_gmt":"2025-10-22T15:23:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/lamola-confident-sa-will-secure-agoa-extension"},"modified":"2025-10-22T16:26:03","modified_gmt":"2025-10-22T16:26:03","slug":"lamola-confident-sa-will-secure-agoa-extension","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/lamola-confident-sa-will-secure-agoa-extension","title":{"rendered":"Lamola Confident SA Will Secure AGOA Extension"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; South-Africa. <\/strong><\/span>Minister of International Relations Ronald Lamola said he\u2019s optimistic South Africa will get a one-year extension on the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) when the United States (US) government reopens for business.<\/p>\n<p>The 2025 government shutdown extended into day 21 on Tuesday, making it one of the longest in US history with no end in sight.<\/p>\n<p>The shutdown comes amid a partisan fight in the Senate over federal funding priorities.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to the impact in the US, the stalemate has also stalled South Africa\u2019s bid to renew AGOA, which lapsed in September.<\/p>\n<p>AGOA, which was established in 2000, exempts eligible African countries from taxes on their exports to the US.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking at the Financial Times Africa Summit in London on Tuesday, Lamola told delegates he\u2019s optimistic the region will get a reprieve when the US government shutdown ends.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt remains a very strategic platform of our trade with the US, but not only with the US, but some of the other countries in the sub-Saharan parts of our continent.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He said a bid to lower tariffs is also promising.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou can\u2019t fully separate AGOA from the tariffs because the tariffs technically nullify AGOA. That\u2019s why the negotiation on the tariffs continue to enable AGOA to continue.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">South-Africa<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; South-Africa. Minister of International Relations Ronald Lamola said he\u2019s optimistic South Africa will get a one-year extension on the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) when the United States (US) government reopens for business. 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