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China pressured to retract AGOA objection

China pressured to retract AGOA objection

Write: Bibi [2011-05-20]
Kenya has demanded that China should withdraw its objection for the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA).
Minister of Trade and Industry, Kenya, Kituyi, said China had threatened to block the trade arrangement through the World Trade Organisation citing the trade arrangement sponsored by the US was not compatible with WTO rules.
Kituyi in his talk with Chinese Commerce Minister, Bo Xilai, said that Africa wanted China to retract its objection.
Exports of textile and apparel from Africa dominate trade under the AGOA arrangements.
Kituyi also asked for help to Chinese investors to stimulate countrys textile and garment sector.