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DESIGNATION OF THE DRC TO ORGANIZE THE OGOA-2025 FORUM IN JULY IN KINSHASA DURING THE MEETING OF AFRICAN FOREIGN TRADE MINISTERS IN WASHINGTON ON THE RENEWAL OF AGOA

From now on, the AGOA 2025 forum will be organized next July in Kinshasa in the Democratic Republic of Congo, the result of the real commercial and economic diplomacy led by the Congolese Minister of Foreign Trade in Washington in the United States of America.

By detailing the OGOA-DRC strategy, Julien Paluku Kahongya convinced the African Foreign Trade Ministers eligible for AGOA, because the DRC challenged this organization with 5 other countries including Rwanda

Furthermore, the African Foreign Trade Ministers called for the rapid renewal of AGOA for a period of 16 years with the simplification of the rules of origin for African products, but also for the increase in the volume of exports to the United States of America.
They encourage the American Government to invest in Africa in the development of value chains