{"id":128533,"date":"2026-01-13T15:02:46","date_gmt":"2026-01-13T15:02:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/u-s-house-of-representatives-passes-bill-to-extend-agoa-for-three-years\/"},"modified":"2026-01-13T15:02:46","modified_gmt":"2026-01-13T15:02:46","slug":"u-s-house-of-representatives-passes-bill-to-extend-agoa-for-three-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/u-s-house-of-representatives-passes-bill-to-extend-agoa-for-three-years\/","title":{"rendered":"U.S. House of Representatives passes bill to extend AGOA for three years"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>NAIROBI, Kenya, Jan 13 \u2013 The U.S. House of Representatives has passed a bill to extend the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) for a further three years, offering relief to African countries that rely on preferential access to the American market.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The bill, which seeks to renew the trade programme that allows eligible African countries to export goods duty-free to the United States, was approved by 340 votes to 54. It has now been forwarded to the U.S. Senate for consideration.<\/p>\n<p>AGOA, which came into effect in 2000, provides duty-free access to the U.S. market for a wide range of products from participating African countries, supporting trade, investment and job creation.<\/p>\n<p>Kenya is among the programme\u2019s top beneficiaries, with billions of shillings in annual export earnings tied to the U.S. market, particularly from apparel and textiles, coffee and nuts.<\/p>\n<p>President William Ruto last month welcomed a proposal by the U.S. administration to extend AGOA, saying the move would help safeguard existing trade gains while providing space to pursue a more ambitious long-term framework.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have identified several areas for expansion, including apparel and textiles, agricultural products, leather and footwear, chemicals and pharmaceuticals, and ICT and digital services,\u201d Ruto said during a meeting with U.S. Trade Representative Ambassador Jamieson Greer in Washington, D.C.<\/p>\n<p>The Senate is expected to vote on the bill in the coming weeks, with final approval required before the extension can take effect.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NAIROBI, Kenya, Jan 13 \u2013 The U.S. House of Representatives has passed a bill to extend the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) for a further three years, offering relief to African countries that rely on preferential access to the American market. The bill, which seeks to renew the trade programme that allows eligible African [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-128533","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","entry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/128533","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=128533"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/128533\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=128533"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=128533"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=128533"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}