US To Drop Burkina Faso From Tax-free Trade Pact

The United States intends to exclude Burkina Faso from a trade deal that gives exporters in Africa tariff-free access to the American market. <br />President Joe Biden cited Burkina Faso’s lack of progress toward protecting the rule of law and political pluralism for terminating the country as a beneficiary of the African Growth and Opportunity Act. <br />US trade representative Katherine Tai says that the US was deeply concerned by the unconstitutional changes in government in Burkina Faso. <br />She asked the government to take necessary actions to meet Agoa’s criteria and return to elective democracy.