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Significance
The outgoing administration has bequeathed Biden an incomplete trade policy transition but also some new tools with which to shape relations. Whether and how Biden maintains or reshapes Trump-era policies will have major implications for African integration, trade and investment.
Impacts
Africa will be a second-order priority for the Biden administration and its focus in the short term will be on COVID-19 recovery.
Washington will likely engage in ‘vaccine diplomacy’ with Africa as a quick way to both repair diplomatic ties and aid economic recovery.
Although diplomatic relations should improve, US investment in Africa may remain relatively limited over the short term.
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United States,
Africa,
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economy,
international relations,
politics,
aid,
foreign investment,
foreign policy,
foreign trade,
integration,
regional,
talks,
treaty
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