Industry

Lesotho Textile Workers Protest Job Losses As U.S. Tariffs Bite

Textile Insights November 6, 2025

Hundreds of textile workers took to the streets of Maseru on October 31, demanding urgent government action to protect jobs amid crippling U.S. tariffs and the expiry of a key trade deal. Around 400 demonstrators, organized by six major trade unions, marched through the capital waving flags and

Industry

AAFA Urges Long-Term Renewal Of AGOA To Safeguard U.S. And African Jobs

Textile Insights September 9, 2025

The American Apparel & Footwear Association (AAFA) has strongly urged Congress and the Administration to renew the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) well ahead of its September 30 expiry, warning that failure to do so would derail billions in U.S. private-sector investment across Africa and threaten thousands of jobs both in the U.S. and […]

Industry

AAFA Calls On Congress To Renew AGOA And Haiti Trade Programmes Before Expiration

Textile Insights September 9, 2025

The American Apparel & Footwear Association (AAFA) has urged Congress to immediately renew the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) and the Haitian HOPE and HELP trade preference programmes ahead of their September 30, 2025 expiration. For more than two decades, AGOA has provided eligible sub-Saharan African countries with duty-free access, strengthening U.S.

Industry

AGOA Expiry Threatens Over 66,000 Kenyan Textile Jobs

Textile Insights May 15, 2025

Kenya’s garment and textile export industry faces major uncertainty as the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) nears its scheduled expiry in September 2025, potentially putting more than 66,000 jobs in jeopardy. According to the 2025 Economic Survey by the Kenya National Bureau of Statistics (KNBS), employment in AGOA-accredited firms rose sharply by 15.18% in […]