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AGOA provides the central mechanism for US-Africa trade, but expires in 2025. This gives the upcoming meeting added weight as pressure is growing for the contours of the future…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB282617
ISSN: 2633-304X
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US/AFRICA: Region will hope for speedy AGOA renewal
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-ES286409
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UGANDA: AGOA exclusion sends a warning shot
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-ES283076
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US/AFRICA: AGOA enthusiasm may ring alarm bells
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-ES283175
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US/SOUTH AFRICA: AGOA threat may hurt bilateral ties
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-ES279770
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The attack is the most serious attack on foreign nationals in recent years, although the government has also blamed the ADF for various other recent attacks.
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB283168
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The mission represented one of the first concerted attempts by African governments to exert diplomatic influence outside the continent but ultimately failed to have any real…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB280666
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Derrick Anquanah Cudjoe, Yumei He and Hanhui Hu
This study examines the impact of China's trade and foreign direct investment (FDI) on Africa's global value chain (GVC) participation and economic upgrading.
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Purpose
This study examines the impact of China's trade and foreign direct investment (FDI) on Africa's global value chain (GVC) participation and economic upgrading.
Design/methodology/approach
The study covered 48 African countries, cutting across the western, eastern, central, southern and northern subregions to cover the heterogeneity of the continent. The study adopted feasible generalized least squares panel VAR-Granger causality Wald test and system generalized methods of moments techniques for estimation.
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Overall, China's FDI to Africa and US-Africa trade have a linear relationship with Africa's GVC involvement and economic upgrading. The findings suggest that although China-Africa trade has a positive impact on GVC engagement and upgrading, the marginal effect decreases in the face of US-Africa and EU-Africa trade.
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This study provides new evidence on the impact of China's FDI and trade on African economies' GVC participation and economic upgrading. To the best of the authors’ knowledge, this is the first study to empirically explore the effects of China's FDI and trade on Africa's GVC integration and economic upgrading as well as from the perspectives of backward and forward GVC participation. Furthermore, the study empirically examines whether the effects of Africa's economic cooperation with China relative to its GVC engagement differ from those of Europe (EU) and the US via a comparative regression.
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