Simon Ateba is Chief White House Correspondent for Today News Africa. Simon covers President Joe Biden, Vice President Kamala Harris, the U.S. government, the United Nations, the International Monetary Fund, the World Bank and other financial and international institutions in Washington D.C. and New York City.
United States Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) and Congresswoman Karen Bass (D-Calif.) on Wednesday urged President Joseph R. Biden Jr. to reconsider his administration’s November 2, 2021, decision to terminate Ethiopia’s designation as a beneficiary country under the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) at the end of this year.