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Infographic: Who Are China’s Top Trading Partners in Africa?
Trade between China and Africa reached more than $295 billion in 2024, an increase of 6.1% on the previous year, according to a recent report by the Chinese customs administration. We break down the trade between the two continents in infographics. ...
The Persistent China-Africa Trade Imbalance — Is It China’s Fault?
Every year, trade figures between China and Africa highlight a significant imbalance. While Chinese authorities celebrate the growing volume of trade – $295 billion in 2024, compared to $282 billion in 2023 – African leaders have legitimate concerns about a trade deficit heavily skewed in China’s ...
China’s Exports Boom Goes Well Beyond Electric Vehicles
By Lukas Fiala With most of my attention span occupied by events in the U.S. this week, I sought a brief refuge from Beltway politics by turning to one of the subjects I promised to keep an eye on this year: ...
What does Trump 2.0 Offer to Africa?
By Cobus van Staden As the world shifts into gear for the next Trump term, striking new polling results have revealed a split in opinion about the incoming president. An opinion survey of ...
China Saw Booming Exports in 2024 as Trump Tariffs Loom
By Peter Catterall China's exports surged to a record high in 2024, providing a much-needed boost for the economy as the prospect of biting tariffs imposed by US president-elect Donald Trump looms. Overseas shipments represented ...
Africa-China 2025: Tracking Priorities on Both Sides
2025 marks a quarter-century since the first Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) summit. Since then, Africa-China engagement has been nothing short of transformational - both changing skylines across the continent and reshaping the role of the Global South in world politics more broadly.
China Says ‘Determined’ To Open Up to World in 2025
China is "determined" to continue opening up its economy to the world in 2025, a top economic planning official said Friday, as Beijing steels itself for potential trade turmoil when U.S. President-elect Donald Trump takes office. The world's second-largest economy has ...
China Launches Investigation Into Beef Imports
China's commerce ministry launched an investigation into imported beef on Friday at the request of representatives from its struggling domestic industry. The local price of beef in China has trended downwards in recent years, with analysts blaming oversupply and a lack ...
Panama President Rules Out Talks With Trump Over Canal Threat
By Juan Jose Rodriguez Panamanian President Jose Raul Mulino ruled out negotiations with U.S. President-elect Donald Trump over control of the Panama Canal on Thursday, denying that China was interfering in its operation. Mulino also ...
Why Some African Countries Welcome Trump’s Return to Power
Donald Trump will be back in the Oval Office in just over a month after he is inaugurated for his second term as U.S. president on January 20th. While there's concern in some African capitals that Trump may scale back U.S. ...
The Global South is Becoming More Central to China’s Trade
While China’s trade data this month was largely gloomy, it also reflected interesting shifts. A breakdown of the data published by the Chinese publication Guancha showed that trade with key parts of the Global South is trending upwards. For example, the Association of Southeast Asian Nations is currently ...
Thailand Cuts Cheap Imports from China by 20%
Thailand recorded a 20% drop in low-quality imports, mostly from China, after introducing measures to curb cheap goods that were undercutting local businesses, a government spokesperson said on Monday. Government spokesperson Sasikarn Wattanachan said the reduction followed tighter regulations and ...