US Duty-Free Trade Pact With Dozens of African Nations Expires

A US accord that grants more than 1,800 products from 32 African nations duty-free access to the world’s biggest market expired Tuesday night, halting a decades-old program aimed at promoting development and democracy on the continent.

While President Donald Trump’s administration supports extending the non-reciprocal African Growth and Opportunity Act, that can only be done by an act of Congress.