The 8th Ministerial Conference of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC 8) takes place on November 29 and 30. Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi and Commerce Secretary Wang Wentao will attend the conference in Dakar, the capital of Senegal. A number of topics are likely to be discussed there, including

During a recent trip to several African countries, Secretary of State Antony Blinken offered some comments on how the Biden administration sees the role of the United States and China in Africa, emphasizing the positive impact the United States hopes to have on Africa and deemphasizing the idea of competition

On July 28, the Senate Foreign Relations Committee held a hearing [https://www.foreign.senate.gov/hearings/us-trade-and-investment-in-africa-072821] on "U.S. Trade and Investment in Africa." Several of the remarks and questions focused on China's role in African trade and investment, and how the United States

There have been several recent developments related to China-Africa economic relations arising from the visit to Africa by State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi. At a January 4 press conference [https://www.fmprc.gov.cn/mfa_eng/xwfw_665399/s2510_665401/t1844368.shtml], Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Hua Chunying discussed

The WTO conducted its trade policy review for Zimbabwe from September 30 to October 2. The minutes of the meeting and the questions and answers from other WTO Members were released recently. China offered the following statement at the meeting [https://docs.wto.org/dol2fe/Pages/SS/directdoc.aspx?filename=