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US removes Ethiopia, Mali and Guinea from trade pact

"The United States today terminated Ethiopia, Mali and Guinea from the AGOA trade preference program due to actions taken by each of their governments in violation of the AGOA Statute," the US Trade Representative (USTR) said in a statement. 

Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed. File photo
By: NewVision Reporter, Journalists @NewVision

President Joe Biden's administration announced on Saturday that it had excluded Ethiopia, Mali and Guinea from a US-Africa trade agreement, saying the actions of the three governments violated its principles. 

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