President Trump has surprised African authorities and supervisors with its recent carefully on the continent, where the US has lagged behind China, Russia and Middle Eastern countries in building economic relations.
The host of Trump of five West African leaders at the White House last week provided a huge platform to pay attention.
African officials and analysts are hoping that this engagement may reduce some of the most destructive policies of the administration: large -scale foreign aid cuts, forcing government expert employees, and preventing stress with travel restrictions and tariffs.
Ram Yad, senior director of the Africa Center of the Atlantic Council, said, “It was an interesting first step, very unexpected, and I hope they would be able to make something important from both sides.”
“This is the last opportunity for the United States to catch because on African soil, there is heavy competition.”
Five-Desh Mini-Sumit was organized as a gift for Trump’s senior advisor and father-in-law Tiffany, senior advisor and father-in-law Tiffany, for the Afflician cases of Moritania, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Senegal and Gabon.
This was the second time in two weeks when the Boulos was in the White House next to the President.
A week ago, he signed a peace agreement between the Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwanda. Before signing, Boulose was the most senior American officer at the US Africa trade summit in Angola, faced $ 2.5 billion in the deals and commitments signed at the conference.
Even if the policies of the administration are somewhat random to some extent, then the attention being paid on Africa is surprised at the attention being paid on the continent.
“I am confident that there are some mixed messages that are coming from the administration, which can reduce some declared objectives of the administration, to increase the partnership,” said Gaver, Chairman of the US-Africa Business Center, US-Africa Business Center Chairman, Center Gever.
“You have a very forward commercial strategy and complete government initiative to support the partnership between Africa and the United States, and yet, there are other policy decisions that are being taken in other places, or lack of decisions that can reduce the success of that effort.”
The top of the brain for African leaders is whether the Congress will make a duty-free trade agreement for the African Development and Opportunities Act (first), sub-city African countries, which is ready to end on 30 September. While Trump’s top trade officer, Jemisson Greer said that the Congress would have to take the first step at home and Cinat has only acted with specific instructions.
Immigration is another main point of stress. African authorities have spoken against Trump’s travel ban and sanctions affecting 10 African countries.
In his meetings with five leaders, Trump raised pressure from countries to accept the exile from the US
The president of Guinea-Bissau Umro Sisoko Emballo dismissed the idea outright.
“If they are another citizen, then why are we going [to take] Them? No, our policy does not accept this, ”he said during a panel with the Atlantic Council.
And the President’s mixed signals on tariffs are disappointing and disruptive to see some Africa.
Five African leaders captured the President and threatened the economic opportunities related to mining of rare earth metals and important minerals, Trump probably responded as keeping a tariff back. All countries are less than 10 percent of tariffs, while Trump has threatened big tariffs on countries that they believe is a trade deficit with the US.
“I don’t think so,” Trump said in response to a question whether five countries will be taxed. “These are now my friends.”
The Liberian ambassador of US al-Hasan Continue said that the leaders have not received any concrete assurance that the tariff would be removed, but he described the White House meeting as an important place to tell that the US has a $ 150 million business surplus with Liberia and a gexyle surveillance to help a geological survey to help a geological survey to help a geological survey to help a geographical survey, such Orden, such as Iron Orden to help to identify opportunities.
“I think the biggest achievement is, first of all, break between snow [Liberian] chairman [Joseph] Bokai and President Trump … also the United States commitment to encourage investors to pay deep attention to Liberia, because we have a lot, because we have a lot, ”he said.
And while Trump’s “beautiful” praise the “beautiful” English of Bokai is somewhat – English is the official language of the country – Liberian officials are welcoming attention and publicity as running new interest and awareness about the country.
Google Search increased In view of Trump’s misunderstanding, and more people to know that the country was established in the early 1800s by free African slaves in the US, its government was prepared after Washington, and its capital, Monroovia, was named for the fifth US President, James Monroe.
“We are looking at that positively, because perhaps many people didn’t know about Liberia,” Conteh said.
The White House meeting was the tip of the iceberg for these countries, which brought the wireless delegation to attend the meetings across Washington.
But experts and analysts say Trump’s threat to closure and suspend the leading American agencies of Trump reduces the efforts of the administration to implement the ambitions of the administration.
This involves uncertainty on the future of Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC), which provides development grants for poor but stable countries as a way to reduce obstruction for American businesses. Tech billionaire Elon Musk and his Government Efficiency Department (DOGE) targeted MCC for Shutdown.
TusrapAfrica desk downgorated By merging with one for the Middle East in the National Security Council.International Trade Administration Staff members fired Which analysts say that the cutting of commercial deals is important to help implement Trump’s attention.
Trump has nominated only two ambassadors for the sub-Sahara Africa-Namibia and South Africa. Most of the posts are filled by the Biden administration by the holdover or they do not have any nominations.
It is not clear how the state department will play the reorganization of the state department and the deduction of the employees of about 3,000 people, but the democrats are increasing the alarm that the experts are a gift for China in the dreaded areas of competition – it is a gift for China – important minerals, fighting for artificial intelligence and especially opening business opportunities in Africa.
Joseph Sunny, vice -president of the Africa Center with the US Institute of Peace (USIP), said, “Dogi operation, staffing slashing, etc., I do not think it was done in a way that could support the President’s agenda on Africa; they have to review it.” The institute is engaged in a trial with the Trump administration to keep its doors open.
Sunny gave the missed opportunity for USIP to be a place of further engagement outside the high profile of the White House meeting – but was carefully launched on the continent.
“I am not condemned about this engagement. I am speaking honestly; I am not a blank,” Sunny said.
“I am starting to see a pattern of engagement here. We will see if the engagement pattern will distribute the results that are expected to achieve African countries, and that the administration expects to see a profit for the United States.”
