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African growth and opportunity act : trade and investment performance analysis /

The African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) is a nonreciprocal trade preference program that provides duty-free treatment to U.S. imports of certain products from eligible sub-Saharan African (SSA) countries. Congress first authorized AGOA in 2000 to encourage export-led growth and economic develo...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Nova Publishers, 2014.
Colección:African political, economic, and security issues series.
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  • THE AFRICAN GROWTH AND OPPORTUNITY ACT: TRADE AND INVESTMENT PERFORMANCE ANALYSIS; THE AFRICAN GROWTH AND OPPORTUNITY ACT: TRADE AND INVESTMENT PERFORMANCE ANALYSIS; Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data; CONTENTS; PREFACE; Chapter 1: AFRICAN GROWTH AND OPPORTUNITY ACT(AGOA): BACKGROUND AND REAUTHORIZATION; SUMMARY; INTRODUCTION; KEY PROVISIONS OF AGOA; U.S. IMPORTS UNDER AGOA AND GSP; IMPACTS OF AGOA; APPENDIX. AGOA BENEFICIARIES; Chapter 2: AGOA: TRADE AND INVESTMENT PERFORMANCE OVERVIEW; ABSTRACT; ACRONYMS; COUNTRY ASSOCIATIONS; EXECUTIVE SUMMARY; SECTION 1. INTRODUCTION.
  • Section 2. u.s. imports from agoa countries and the role of agoasection 3. potential for ssa integration into regional and global supply chains; section 4. agoa country export potential to the united states; section 5. business climate and investment trends in sub-saharan africa; section 6. reciprocal trade agreements: a comparison with unilateral trade preference programs; section 7. agoa trade performance: a review of the literature; appendix a. request letter; appendix b. federal register notice; appendix c. calendar of hearing witnesses; appendix d. positions of interested parties.
  • Appendix e. u.s. imports under agoaappendix f. product space methodology and data; appendix g. business and investment data; appendix h. eu-south africa fta tariff commitments; bibliography; index.