Global rules of trade provide assurance and stability. Consumers and producers know they can enjoy secure supplies and greater choice of the finished products, components, raw materials and services they use. Producers and exporters know foreign markets will remain open…
Africa is a resource-rich continent, specializing in fuel, mineral and agricultural exports. Statistics on revealed comparative advantage (RCA) show that Africa exports proportionally more primary products than most other regions. Crude materials, which include ore, metal, wood, cotton and other raw…
Africa was not spared by Covid-19 pandemic that shut down the world in 2020 and 2021. The virus appeared in Africa in mid-February 2020, almost three months after the first case of Covid-19 in China. On 13 April 2020, French…