US-Africa relations: Biden needs to focus on economic policies and diplomacy rather than China-Africa relations

CATEGORY: General
DATE: 19 November 2020
AUTHOR: Maverick Citizen

By Funeka Yazini April

While US president-elect Joe Biden has favoured greater US engagement with Africa to counter growing Chinese influence on the continent, it seems unlikely that his foreign policy for the continent in relation to China will significantly differ from Donald Trump’s economic containment strategies.

Funeka Yazini April is co-ordinator of the BRICS Research Centre in the developmental, capable and ethical state research division at the HSRC.

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