美国国会议员昨天投票延续一项贸易措施，支持非洲服装工业成千上万的工作机会，这项措施还有短短两个月就将到期。

The United States congress voted yesterday continued a trade measures，Support for the African clothing industry hundreds of thousands of jobs，The measure and just two months will expire。

　　参议院和众议院的代表以声音表决，批准将这一立法提交奥巴马总统签署成为法律。

The senate and the house of representatives to voice vote，The legislative approval will be submitted to President Obama signed into law。

　　“非洲增长与机会法案(AGOA)在2000年通过，允许符合条件的撒哈拉以南非洲国家以零关税对美国出口数千种商品。

“The African growth and opportunity act(AGOA)In 2000 through the，Allowed to meet the conditions of the sub-saharan countries to zero tariff thousands of commodity exports to the United States。

　　即使纱线或者面料在第三国家生产，中国、韩国或者越南，许多Agoa国家的服装免税对美国出口措施将于9月30日到期。这项措施为成千上万非洲工人提供了缝纫工作，其中大约70-80%是妇女。

Even if the yarn or in the third country fabric production，China、South Korea or Vietnam，Many of the Agoa countries duty-free garment exports to the United States measures will September 30 expires。The measures for hundreds of thousands of African workers provide sewing，About 70-80% are women。

　　美国立法将免关税规定条款延长到2015年底，这让南苏丹有资格以零关税对美国出口。

The legislation will be exempted from duty regulations extend to the end of 2015，This let south Sudan are entitled to zero tariff exports to the United States。

　　众议院方法措施委员会会长Dave Camp说：“AGOA使得服装工业成为非洲就业增长的一个主要驱动力。仅在莱索托，由于AGOA的原因，纺织服装工业就的工作机会就已经提高一倍以上，从19,000提高到45,000个。”

The house of representatives measures committee chairman Dave Camp said：“AGOA make clothing industry become Africa job growth a major driving force。Only in lesotho，Because the cause of the AGOA，Textile clothing industry jobs have more than doubled，From 19,000 up to 45,000。”

　　美国国务卿希拉里?克林顿正在对非洲七国进行访问，旨在提高美国的在非洲国家的影响，取代中国日益增长的经济和政治印象，因此，美国才走了这一步。由于奥巴马政府无法让国会对非洲贸易条款采取行动，发展组织很无奈地观察了几个月。

U.S. secretary of state Hillary Clinton?Clinton is on a visit to Africa seven countries，To improve the United States in the influence of the African countries，Instead of China's growing economic and political impression，so，The United States had not gone this step。Because the government could not let congress Obama to African trade terms to take action，Development organization very helplessly watch for a few months。

　　今年六月，非洲官员在每年一度的AGOA论坛上一再逼问美国贸易代表罗恩?柯克何时更新条款。

In June，African officials in the annual AGOA BBS on BiWen again and again the United States trade representative RON?Kirk when update terms。

　　柯克先生指责美国的“党派政治”。

Mr. Kirk blamed the United States“Party politics”。