date:Aug 06, 2014
The government is likely to allow some US chicken imports into the local market at lower tariffs in exchange for continued participation in the lucrative African Growth and Opportunity Act (Agoa) preferential trade scheme.
According to BusinessReport, President Jacob Zuma is leading a major charge by the government and business at the US-Africa summit in Washington this week to win renewal of Agoa, which allows almost 95 per cent of South African exports into the US market at zero or greatly re