Outside voices: A call for a ‘new strategic approach’ for African trade

Outside voices: A call for a ‘new strategic approach’ for African trade

The time has come for African nations to take a “new strategic approach” to trade positioning, focusing on tempering U.S. import dependence while doubling down on regional integration, argues Andrew Mold, director of the sub-regional eastern Africa office at the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa, in a Brooking Institution analysis. The African Continental Free Trade Area, a trade agreement among 54 member counties, “offers a more sta…