US House Committee Approves Africa Trade Bill

The U.S. House Committee on Ways and Means approved a bill to extend a trade program called AGOA for three more years.

This program helps African countries sell their products to the U.S. without paying extra taxes.

The bill is now going to the full House of Representatives for a vote.

There is some talk about maybe not including South Africa in this extension because of trade disagreements.

South Africa is trying hard to stay in the program.

The U.S. says South Africa needs to lower taxes on American products, but South Africa disagrees with the U.S.'s reasons for putting higher taxes on South African goods.