CLOSURE OF MAJOR MEETING ON AGOA RENEWAL IN WASHINGTON
Unanimously, the African Ministers of Foreign Trade request the renewal of AGOA for a period of 16 years and the relaxation of the rules of origin for African products to be exported to the United States of America.
Request made yesterday Friday in Washington at the close of the AGOA Forum in which the OGOA-DRC strategy presented by Julien Paluku Kahongya won over the Americans.
The Congolese Minister of Foreign Trade invites Congolese employers to seize the opportunities offered by AGOA with the organization next July in Kinshasa of the AGOA-2025 Forum
Just after the Minister went to the Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America where he convinced Kenda Gaither, President of this Chamber and several heads of large American companies including Boeing, Visa and CitiGroup expected in Kinshasa to discover the opportunities offered by the DRC.
Note that the Minister was accompanied by the Ambassador of the DRC accredited to the United States of America, the Secretary General for Foreign Trade, the Director General of ANAPEX, economic operators and members of Congolese civil society
