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China’s Free-Trade Offer to Africa Won’t Solve the Trade Imbalance

Whether that helps the continent move up global value chains is another question.

China’s Free-Trade Offer to Africa Won’t Solve the Trade Imbalance

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Whether that helps the continent move up global value chains is another question.

Beijing has opened its enormous market to African exports.

Beijing has opened its enormous market to African exports. Whether that helps the continent move up global value chains is another question.

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Whether that helps the continent move up global value chains is another question. Beijing has opened its enormous market to African exports.

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Beijing has opened its enormous market to African exports.

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