As EU Raises Brexit Trade Hurdles, Boris Johnson Looks to Africa

Boris Johnson tests smart flooring during a visit to the Innovation Zone at the U.K. - Africa Investment Summit in London, U.K., Jan. 20. — Boris Johnson tests smart flooring during a visit to the Innovation Zone at the U.K. - Africa Investment Summit in London, U.K., Jan. 20.
Photographer: Hollie Adams/Bloomberg

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By Olivia Konotey-Ahulu

January 20, 2020 at 12:01 PM UTC

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Prime Minister Boris Johnson hailed the U.K.’s burgeoning trade links with Africa as “the future” in a thinly disguised warning to the European Union ahead of the start of new negotiations with the bloc.