Biden Prods South African Counterpart to Remove AD Duties on US Poultry
Vice President Joe Biden urged South African Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa on April 14 to pressure removal of poultry market access barriers for U.S. exports to the country, the White House said in an emailed statement. A bipartisan group of…
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U.S. senators recently pushed South African industry to quickly slash antidumping duties on U.S. poultry (see 1503310069). Those lawmakers predicted the Senate Finance Committee will introduce a renewal bill for the African Growth and Opportunity Act at some point in April. AGOA is set to expire at the end of September. Biden said the Obama administration wants to renew AGOA “as soon as possible,” but the South African poultry barriers remain a “concern.”