Geda, AlemayehuEdris, Faris2021-07-272023-11-042021-07-272023-11-042010-05http://etd.aau.edu.et/handle/123456789/27362Special and deferential treatment of developing countries by developed nations is at the heart of current development rounds. Devising instruments that provide Preferential market access to big markets for some products from selected developing countries was required to implement the SDT of LDCs. AGOA was Designed and implemented by the U.S. Congress in May 2000 to grant free access to the U.S. market for virtually all products from eligible SSA countries. But a host of literatures argue that such unilateral trade liberalization triggers Restrictive trade policies and jeopardize negotiated multilateral trade Liberalization efforts and its benefits in the preference recipient developing countries. This paper takes up this problem to test whether AGOA is favoring restrictive trade policy in the beneficiary SSA countries by adopting panel data analysis. The relations hip between restrictive trade policy and AGOA in the region is not strong and even negative in some cases.enBeneficiaryDevelopingThesis