Tag: Africa

  • AGOA Extended

    The Senate’s 90 to 6 vote to renew duty-free African trade through 2028 heads to the House, offering exporters from Lagos to Nairobi a reprieve even as new US forced labor tariffs cloud the value of the preference WASHINGTON, Aug. 20, 2026 – A rare piece of good news in a bruising year for global…

  • AGOA Lifeline

    Africa welcomes the US Senate’s two-year extension of duty-free trade, but industry leaders warn that Section 232 and Section 301 tariffs have hollowed out the program’s biggest benefits WASHINGTON, Aug. 19, 2026 – Relief is rippling across sub-Saharan Africa this week as governments and exporters digest the US Senate’s decision to extend the African Growth…

  • China’s Africa Embrace, Minus One

    China’s Africa Embrace, Minus One

    What Beijing’s new zero-tariff architecture means for trade, geopolitics, and the global pushback against protectionism. On May 1, 2026, China’s customs barriers fell for almost an entire continent. Imports from 53 of Africa’s 54 countries now enter the Chinese market at a zero tariff across 100 percent of tariff lines, an unusually broad preference that…

  • The Road to Zero Tariffs: China’s Pioneering Trade Policy with Africa

    Table of Contents 1. Introduction Over the past several decades, global trade has witnessed transformative shifts that have redefined the way nations interact economically and geopolitically. One of the most notable developments is China’s decision to remove tariffs on nearly all goods imported from African nations, a bold maneuver that goes well beyond a simple…