Daga AISHA ASAS
Wani sabon matakin gwamnatin Amurka ya sake tayar da hankula a fannin hulɗar kasuwanci tsakanin ƙasar da wasu ƙasashen Afirka, bayan Washington ta sanar da shirin dakatar da Afirka ta Kudu da Rwanda daga cin gajiyar shirin kasuwanci na AGOA.
Matakin, wanda aka sanar a ranar 2 ga Nuwamba, 2026, na nufin ƙasashen biyu za su rasa damar fitar da wasu kayayyaki zuwa kasuwar Amurka ba tare da biyan wasu haraji ba, daga ranar 1 ga Janairu, 2027.
Shirin AGOA, wanda aka kafa a shekarar 2000, na bai wa wasu ƙasashen Afirka da suka cancanta damar fitar da kayayyaki zuwa Amurka cikin sauƙin haraji, domin bunƙasa kasuwanci da ƙarfafa tattalin arzikin nahiyar. Sai dai Wakilin Kasuwancin Amurka, Jamieson Greer, ya bayyana cewa akwai wasu matsaloli da suka shafi manufofin kasuwanci, tsaro da muradun ƙasar da suka sa aka ɗauki wannan mataki.
A ɓangaren Afirka ta Kudu, matakin na iya shafar wasu masana’antun da ke fitar da motoci da kayayyakin motoci, ‘ya’yan itatuwa da giya zuwa Amurka. Rahoton Reuters ya nuna cewa ƙasar ta fitar da kayayyaki da darajarsu ta kai kusan dala biliyan 1.7 zuwa Amurka ƙarƙashin wannan shiri a shekarar 2025. Masana tattalin arziki sun yi gargaɗin cewa dakatarwar na iya janyo matsin lamba ga wasu kamfanoni, tare da yiwuwar rasa guraben ayyukan yi.
A nata ɓangaren, gwamnatin Afirka ta Kudu ta ce tana nazarin tasirin matakin, tare da ƙoƙarin tallafa wa masana’antun da abin zai shafa da kuma neman faɗaɗa kasuwancinta da sauran ƙasashe.
Ita kuwa Rwanda, wadda take da muhimmiyar hulɗar kasuwanci da Amurka, na iya fuskantar ƙarin matsin lamba a fannin fitar da wasu kayayyaki, musamman kofi da ma’adanai. Wannan mataki ya ƙara nuna yadda rikice-rikicen siyasa da bambancin ra’ayoyin ƙasashe ke iya shafar hulɗar tattalin arziki, har ma da kasuwancin da ke tsakanin ƙasashe masu dogon tarihi na haɗin gwiwa.
