NAMPO: Voting DA in 2024 will save AGOA and South African agriculture from the ANC
17 May 2023
The DA is at NAMPO today to send a clear message to South Africa: The DA will fight to save and expand our AGOA trade benefits to protect and grow South Africa’s agricultural sector.
The best way to ensure our AGOA benefits are retained and expanded is to vote DA in 2024.
The African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) is US legislation which gives duty-free access to the US market for African states. AGOA is up for review in 2025 when it expires, but the US can unilaterally review our benefits sooner.
Many of the products we export are only competitive due to our AGOA benefits. If we lose them in 2025 or before, whole industries could collapse, taking thousands of jobs with them.