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South Africa Moves to Diversify Its Trade Ties in Asia Beyond China
South Africa is expanding its trading ties in Asia by becoming the newest partner country in the Association for Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), marking the first time a sub-Saharan country joins the regional body. Morocco and Egypt are also ASEAN partners. The move ...
Africa’s Trade With China is Tiny in Comparison to Other Regions Around the World
China may be a very important trading partner of the majority of African nations, but the same is definitely not true in reverse. In the first nine months of the year, China's total global trade amounted to $3.4 trillion, according to new figures released by China Customs ...
Developing Countries Have Had Enough of the U.S.-China Feud
The prevailing narrative among large swathes of the conservative media in the United States is that Washington and Beijing are now engaged in a new "Cold War." U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, in fact, suggests that the current confrontation with China is actually even ...
Africa Isn’t Alone Trying to Find a Space in Between the U.S. and China
Last week's announcement by the U.S. government that it will add 24 more Chinese companies to its so-called entities list was probably met with dread and concern in capitals throughout the global south. After all, these companies, most notably China Communications ...