# The EFF says South Africa will do fine without the African Growth and Opportunity Act. The US will exclude the country from the duty-free trade deal next year for several reasons, including barriers that undermine American trade and investment practices. The EFF says AGOA was a conditional trade arrangement through which America sought to advance its own geopolitical and economic interests, while placing pressure on African countries to align their political and foreign-policy decisions with the US. It says South Africa must pursue global trade partnerships on its own terms.
EFF says South Africa must pursue global trade partnerships on its own terms