US EditionTrump’s Pivot From Aid to Trade Leaves Africa Wary as It Faces Tariffs and Uncertainty
SOUTH AFRICA, JUL 18 – U.S. tariffs threaten 100,000 jobs in South Africa's automotive and agricultural sectors as export orders decline and vehicle exports to the U.S. drop over 80%, industry groups warn.
- Trump announced a shift from aid to trade relations with Africa, promoting 'commercial diplomacy' despite steep tariffs and aid cuts.
- Trump imposed high tariffs on South African goods and threatened more duties on BRICS nations, putting over 100,000 African jobs at risk.
- Critics warned Trump's 'aid to trade' stance risks leaving Africa behind once the U.S. has secured critical minerals it wanted.
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Trump's pivot from aid to trade leaves Africa wary as it faces tariffs, uncertainty
Harare: When US President Donald Trump met five African leaders in Washington in July, his lack of familiarity with the continent was on display. He praised Liberian President Joseph Boakai’s English — Liberia’s official language — and gestured at another leader to wrap up remarks. But the bigger takeaway was Trump’s pledge to transform US-Africa relations: a shift from aid to trade, even as the region reels from steep tariffs and sweeping aid c…
Trump’s Africa Pivot: Leverage, Not Generosity
By Moussa Ibrahim – Jul 15, 2025 The US president used a White House meeting to showcase his shift in policy from foreign aid to direct trade and private investment On July 9, 2025, the White House hosted a high-profile gathering framed as a new beginning for US-Africa relations. Five presidents from West and Central Africa (Gabon, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Mauritania, and Senegal) joined US President Donald Trump for what was described as a worki…
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Trump’s pivot from aid to trade leaves Africa wary as it faces tariffs and uncertainty
When U.S. President Donald Trump met five African leaders in Washington in July, his lack of familiarity with the continent was on display. He praised Liberian President Joseph Boakai’s English — Liberia’s official language — and gestured at another leader to wrap up remarks. But the bigger takeaway was Trump’s pledge to transform U.S.-Africa relations: a shift from aid to trade, even as the region reels from steep tariffs and sweeping aid cuts.
Côte d’Ivoire seeks US imports amid tariff uncertainty
Côte d’Ivoire officials met with the State Department in Washington this week to lobby for greater American agricultural imports to Francophone West Africa’s largest economy.Sidi Tiémoko Touré, the Ivorian minister for animal and fisheries resources, told Semafor that his country — one of the continent’s largest importers of pork from nations such as Brazil — could be buying more regularly from the US. “There is a large opportunity in our countr…
South Africa Braces for 100K Job Cuts as Trump's Tariffs Hit Key Industries
South Africa is facing 100,000 job losses if US President Donald Trump goes through with his tariff plan, scheduled to kick in from August 1, 2025. The tariff plan will impose a 40 percent duty on exports to the US. The country’s most lucrative export sectors, agriculture and car production, will be the hardest hit. Both have previously been beneficiaries of the African Growth And Opportunity Act (AGOA), which has provided duty-free export to ma…
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