China Extends Africa’s Market Access as Trump Hikes Tariffs

Operations at Kwai Tsing Container Port Terminal 4 in Hong Kong.

Photographer: Jerome Favre/Bloomberg

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China plans to remove tariffs on imports from almost all African countries to further cement already close relations with the continent as it deals with the fallout of US President Donald Trump’s trade wars.