{"id":12792,"date":"2021-11-02T18:34:14","date_gmt":"2021-11-02T18:34:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/axumawian.com\/?p=12792"},"modified":"2021-11-02T18:34:15","modified_gmt":"2021-11-02T18:34:15","slug":"u-s-blocks-duty-free-trade-access-to-ethiopia-over-conflict","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/axumawian.com\/?p=12792","title":{"rendered":"U.S. Blocks Duty-Free Trade Access to Ethiopia Over Conflict"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Source: <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2021-11-02\/u-s-suspends-duty-free-trade-access-to-ethiopia-over-conflict\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Bloomberg<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">November 2, 2021<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The U.S. suspended duty-free access to Ethiopian exports because of a yearlong civil war that\u2019s spawned a humanitarian crisis in the Horn of Africa nation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ethiopia is not in compliance with the eligibility requirements of the African Growth and Opportunity Act because of gross violations of internationally recognized rights, U.S. officals said earlier Tuesday. The ruling can be reversed if the government addresses these issues by Jan. 1, they said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe U.S. urges these governments to take necessary actions to meet the statutory criteria so we can resume our valued trading partnerships,\u201d Ambassador Katherine Tai, the U.S. Trade Representative, said in a statement. \u201cI will provide each country with clear benchmarks for a pathway toward reinstatement and our administration will work with them to achieve that objective.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mali and Guinea also didn\u2019t meet the requirements to benefit from the preferential-trade agreement following coups in the two countries earlier this year, Tai said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The suspension of duty-free access is a fresh blow to Ethiopia\u2019s economy, which is already under strain from the growing cost of the conflict in the country\u2019s northern regions. The Horn of Africa nation exported goods worth $245 million to the U.S. last year under AGOA, accounting for almost half its shipments to America.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The announcement follows an\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2021-09-17\/biden-signs-executive-order-authorizing-ethiopia-sanctions\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">executive order<\/a>\u00a0by the Biden administration authorizing sanctions against individuals and entities deemed to be prolonging the conflict in Ethiopia. The U.S. on Monday reiterated its threat to impose sanctions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The U.S. Embassy in Ethiopia said on Oct. 28 that to retain AGOA access, the Ethiopian government should allow the UN Human Rights Investigation Office to probe rights violations, the provision of humanitarian aid to conflict areas and the restoration of power and telecommunications services.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIt is an entirely counterproductive move, which will weaken the Ethiopian economy and destabilize the entire Horn of Africa,\u201d Mesfin Tegenu, Chairman of the American-Ethiopian Public Affairs Committee, said in emailed comments.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The UN and the Ethiopian Human Rights Commission are expected to release a report on Wednesday following their investigation into alleged violations of human rights, humanitarian and refugee law in the Tigray conflict.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: Bloomberg November 2, 2021 The U.S. suspended duty-free access to Ethiopian exports because of a yearlong civil<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":12793,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[174,32],"class_list":["post-12792","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-bloomberg","tag-english"],"featured_image_urls":{"full":["https:\/\/axumawian.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/623.jpg",1200,800,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/axumawian.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/623-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/axumawian.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/623.jpg",300,200,false],"medium_large":["https:\/\/axumawian.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/623.jpg",640,427,false],"large":["https:\/\/axumawian.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/623.jpg",640,427,false],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/axumawian.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/623.jpg",1200,800,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/axumawian.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/623.jpg",1200,800,false],"morenews-large":["https:\/\/axumawian.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/623.jpg",825,550,false],"morenews-medium":["https:\/\/axumawian.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/623.jpg",590,393,false],"woocommerce_thumbnail":["https:\/\/axumawian.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/623-300x300.jpg",300,300,true],"woocommerce_single":["https:\/\/axumawian.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/623.jpg",600,400,false],"woocommerce_gallery_thumbnail":["https:\/\/axumawian.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/623-100x100.jpg",100,100,true]},"author_info":{"info":["Axumawian Media"]},"category_info":"<a href=\"https:\/\/axumawian.com\/?cat=4\" rel=\"category\">News<\/a>","tag_info":"News","comment_count":"0","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/axumawian.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12792","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/axumawian.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/axumawian.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/axumawian.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/axumawian.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=12792"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/axumawian.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12792\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12794,"href":"https:\/\/axumawian.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12792\/revisions\/12794"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/axumawian.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/12793"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/axumawian.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=12792"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/axumawian.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=12792"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/axumawian.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=12792"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}