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Following the recent announcement of the Trump administration’s strategy for Africa, the United States’ Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs Tibor Nagy will hold a live video briefing to discuss the new approach.
The new strategy has been put together as a result of which the administration describes as “predatory” practices of China and Russia in the region, which Trump’s national security advisor accusing Russia of “corrupt economic dealings” which is holding Africa back.
With the new strategy, the United States hopes to provide opportunities for American businesses, while also helping to grow Africa’s middle class, tackle unemployment, and improve the region’s business climate.
The decision could be seen as yet more hostility towards China, which could pose another threat to the truce agreed to end the US-China trade war.
