The United States on Saturday suppressed Ethiopia, Mali and Guinea’s access to a duty-free trade program, due to their recent alleged human rights violations and recent coups. US President Joe Biden threatened to withdraw Ethiopia from the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) in November, due to human rights violations in the Tigray region. The statement also added that the United States was “deeply concerned about the unconstitutional change of governments” in Mali and Guinea. The AGOA program was started by former US President Bill Clinton to facilitate trade between the United States and African countries. tg / aw (TBEN, Reuters)The post of Ethiopia, Mali and Guinea excluded from the US trade pact for rights violations appeared first on Deutsche Welle.

Source: Ethiopian News January 02, 2022 03:46 UTC