# Africa Watch: US moves to suspend South Africa from AGOA — what could be lost?

https://mins.news/en/item/134966

- CGTN, 2026-11-08 12:11 UTC
- Economy
- Original: https://newsaf.cgtn.com/news/2026-11-08/Africa-Watch-US-suspends-SA-from-AGOA-What-could-be-lost--1RU2YZZ1lJu/p.html?UTM_Source=cgtn&UTM_Medium=rss&UTM_Campaign=World

> Washington is moving toward removing South Africa from the African Growth and Opportunity Act, putting its access to a major export market under renewed uncertainty. For more than two decades, eligible African countries have used the programme to ship thousands of products to the US duty-free. A withdrawal could force companies that serve American demand to rethink their strategies and put workers’ livelihoods at stake.