Scorned Trump boots Rwanda, South Africa from trade deal

Last week, the Trump administration announced that, beginning January 1, South Africa and Rwanda will stop receiving preferential trade access to the U.S. market through the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA). This decision comes down to issues that have little to do with the act itself, nor even really with trade between the United States and these countries. Rather, in both cases, their removal from AGOA serves as an act of retribution from a president unhappy with their governments’ policies on domestic or regional issues. But American interests themselves will suffer, as consumers w