Trade

Perhaps the most surprising was how similar these scenes playing out in America are to those I’ve seen in Africa. To be sure, many of the factories I visited in Africa were smaller-scale and simpler in their operations than the Ohio glass plant in American Factory. But some Chin...

The World Development Report 2020 released on Wednesday highlights the economic benefits from GVCs and reminds us that protectionism and policy uncertainty around the world is now putting many of these benefits at significant risk.

Landry Signé, Aubrey Hruby, Judd Devermont, and Gyude Moore on their expectations for the new Prosper Africa initiative and the roles that infrastructure, communication, and the US Development Finance Corporation might play in its impact.

Outlining a new vision for expanding private sector activity between the United States and Africa, the Deputy Secretary of Commerce and the USAID Administrator announce plans to double two-way trade and investment between the US and Africa. 

US trade policy is not as fair and inclusive as it could be. That, not new tariffs, should be the focus of US policy.

On sidelines of the annual summit of the US Corporate Council on Africa in Maputo, Mozambique, US Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross is set to provide the details of the new US-Africa policy, Prosper Africa. This new initiative seeks to accelerate two-way investment and trade with Africa as a ...