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Article: Trade, empires, and subjects - China-Africa trade: a new fair trade arrangement, or the third scramble for Africa?
- Article from:
- Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law
- Article date:
- March 1, 2008
- Author:
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ABSTRACT
Since 2000, the interest of the People's Republic of China (China) in Africa has grown steadily. Trade between China and Africa has grown exponentially. China-Africa trade volume increased from $10 billion to $18 billion between 2000 and 2003. In 2005, total trade between Africa and China surged to $40 billion, and in 2006 China-Africa trade was valued at $55.5 billion. A third of China's crude oil imports come from Africa. In the West, reaction to China's involvement in Africa has bordered on suspicion and paranoia. Policy makers and analysts are concerned that China could gain control over Africa's vast and untapped natural resources. The current ...
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December 1, 2008 ;
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...Interview: China-Africa cooperation "thoroughfare" for Africa ... benefits from China's development and China-Africa cooperation is the "thoroughfare ... Saying he was "heartily glad" over China-Africa farming cooperation in the framework ...
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