U.S.-Africa Trade: U.S. Textile and Apparel Importers' Reactions to Trade Preference Options

Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO provided information on the possible reactions of major U.S. textile and apparel importers to different approaches for granting trade preferences to sub-Saharan African countries, focusing on the: (1) expected reactions of major U.S. textile and apparel importers to alternative approaches to that taken in H.R. 1432, the African Growth and Opportunity Act; and (2) factors that would likely influence U.S. importers' decisions on whether to begin or increase importing textiles and apparel from sub-Saharan Africa.