In EU-Africa Trade Relations: Africa is Not Europe’s “Twin Continent”

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

2020

Keywords

African Economy, European Union-Africa Comprehensive Strategy Proposals, Embedded Inequality, Law and Policy Reform, Colonialism

Abstract

There is a new struggle for Africa’s market. The contestants include the European Union (EU), United States (US), Russia, India and China. In this blog, I reflect on the new European Union -Africa Comprehensive Strategy proposals. The blog pushes against the Strategy’s revision of the historical relationship between the two regions which is built on embedded inequality. This is because, to be a true partnership, the unequal nature of the relationship between the EU and Africa must be centered. In the contest for its market, Africa has a unique opportunity to harness the competition tactically.

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