Agriculture
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5 days agoChina's Africa trade push: Partnership or power grab?
Kenya’s first zero-tariff avocado shipments to China signal new trade access under a May 1 policy benefiting Africa’s stronger economies.
The first shipments of avocados from Kenya arrived in China under Beijing's new zero-tariff rule early this month. A clear sign, analysts say, that the deal is starting to have real effects. The policy, which came into effect on May 1, gives Africa's biggest economies tariff-free access to China's market for the next two years.