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Is China pushing Ethiopia from borrowing to selling?

China trades with Africa . Photo by Wolfgang Weiser @ Unsplash
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Michael Masrie

Michael Masrie is a journalist covering East Africa’s political economy across politics and policy, global markets, capital, and the digital economy.
  • Chinese and Ethiopian companies signed $330mn in commercial agreements
  • The deals could shift ties from infrastructure debt towards export-led trade

 

ADDIS ABABA, ETHIOPIA – China’s economic relationship with Ethiopia is beginning to look less like a lending operation and more like a hunt for Ethiopian exports.

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