As the impact of the new Trump administration’s Executive Orders comes into focus, the Georgetown University Africa-China Initiative gathered experts for a webinar to consider the respective roles of the United States, African states, and China in navigating new policies and new emerging power dynamics. They also discussed potential impacts, particularly as related to tariff policies and the impact on investments, trade, and foreign relations among African states, China, and the United States.
This event was co-sponsored by Georgetown University’s Africa-China Initiative, the Initiative for U.S.-China Dialogue on Global Issues, and the African Studies and Asian Studies Programs at the Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service, as well as Howard University’s Center for African Studies.
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Bob Wekesa is the director of the African Centre for the Study of the United States at the University of the Witwatersrand (Wits), South Africa, which he helped establish along with others in March 2018.
Ho-fung Hung is the Henry M. and Elizabeth P. Wiesenfeld Professor in Political Economy in the Sociology Department and the Paul H Nitze School of Advanced International Studies at the Johns Hopkins University.
Yun Sun is a senior fellow and co-director of the East Asia Program and director of the China Program at the Stimson Center. Her expertise is in Chinese foreign policy, U.S.-China relations, and China’s relations with neighboring countries and authoritarian regimes.