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South Africa's president Cyril Ramaphosa has called for progress on Africa's continental free trade area to speed up as his country faces 30 percent tariffs on its US exports (Photo: European Union)

African leaders count costs and look to EU and China amid US tariffs

African leaders are likely to look to China and the EU when the dust settles on the new trade tariffs they will face from the United States from Friday (8 August).  

In particular, South African government officials were scrambling to advance talks with the Trump administration after being slapped with 3...

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Benjamin Fox is a seasoned reporter and editor, previously working for fellow Brussels publication Euractiv. His reporting has also been published in the Guardian, the East African, Euractiv, Private Eye and Africa Confidential, among others. He heads up the AU-EU section at EUobserver, based in Nairobi, Kenya.

South Africa's president Cyril Ramaphosa has called for progress on Africa's continental free trade area to speed up as his country faces 30 percent tariffs on its US exports (Photo: European Union)

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Author Bio

Benjamin Fox is a seasoned reporter and editor, previously working for fellow Brussels publication Euractiv. His reporting has also been published in the Guardian, the East African, Euractiv, Private Eye and Africa Confidential, among others. He heads up the AU-EU section at EUobserver, based in Nairobi, Kenya.

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