If you've been half following the AGOA headlines this year, you'd be forgiven for losing the thread. The trade deal that has quietly underpinned South Africa's exports to the United States for a quarter of a century expired, came back from the dead, got buried under a new set of tariffs anyway, and is now due to expire again at the end of 2026. For an agreement that's supposed to give exporters certainty, this year has delivered almost none of it.
This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://southafricafacts.co.za/agoa-south-africa/