South Africa presses to maintain preferred trade status with US

FILE- A delegate looks at an exhibition of Ndebele art at the Africa Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) Forum in Johannesburg, Nov. 4, 2023.

Some members of the U.S. Congress have called for South Africa to be excluded from the African Growth and Opportunity Act, a U.S. program that grants duty-free access to the enormous U.S. market for many South African exports. South Africa presses to remain eligible for the trade program and its evolving relationship with the U.S.