About 40 African leaders are in China this week for the 2024 Forum on China-Africa Co-operation. As in previous years, the three-day summit, hosted by President Xi Jinping, will deliberate on how to bolster trade and investment co-operation.
Despite efforts by China to improve balanced trade and investment with Africa (its continent of choice), trade and investment has remained skewed in Beijing’s favour. China’s investments in Africa’s productive sectors have failed to swing the trade balance in Africa’s favour beyond minerals...
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