Chair of House Foreign Affairs Africa Subcommittee Asks That Ethiopia Remain in AGOA
Rep. Karen Bass, the chair of the House Foreign Affairs Committee's subcommittee that covers Africa, announced Dec.15 that she is urging the Biden administration to change course on suspending Ethiopia from the African Growth and Opportunity Act. That suspension would…
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take effect on Jan. 1, and is because of human rights abuses of the government during the civil conflict in that country. "Suspension of AGOA will reverse economic gains that have been hard won by the people of Ethiopia and American investors, and exacerbate the circumstances of the most vulnerable sectors of the population, including women and children. I urge the Administration to allow time for all parties in Ethiopia to take the necessary steps to end this conflict, deploy humanitarian aid to those who need it, and continue negotiations to garner peace," she said. "The abrupt timeline of January 1, 2022, will adversely impact citizens without necessarily altering the pace of progress.”