UNITED States government has threatened to impose trade sanctions including reviewing the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) over attempts by some African countries to ban importation of used clothes from the developed nation.
Acting Assistant U.S. Trade Representative for Africa, Ms Constance Hamilton who made the threat at a teleconference in Abuja on the 2017 AGOA Forum, scheduled to hold between Aug.8 and 10 in Lomé, Togo said banning importation of used clothing from her country poses danger to at least 40,000 jobs.
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