AFRICA INSIGHT
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Africa again woke up on Friday to a new set of seemingly arbitrary economic rules today as US President Donald Trump continues to remake the global trading system at his discretion. A total of 22 countries across Africa are scheduled to be hit with higher tariffs from 7 August, according to a new White House executive order.

Mauritania and Senegal.