Africa-China Engagements and the Impact of the Trump Administration’s Executive Orders on Tariffs

This event took place on February 28th, 2025 and was hosted online via Zoom webinar.

As the impact of the new Trump Administration’s Executive Orders comes into focus, ACI has gathered experts to consider the respective roles of the US, African states, and China in navigating new policies and new emerging power dynamics. They will also discuss potential impacts, particularly as related to tariffs policies and the impact on investments, trade, and foreign relations among African states, China, and the US.

Featuring

Bob Wekesa is the Director of the African Centre for the Study of the United States at the University of the Witwatersrand (Wits), South Africa which he helped establish along with others in March 2018. 

Ho-fung Hung is the Henry M. and Elizabeth P. Wiesenfeld Professor in Political Economy at the Sociology Department and the Paul H Nitze School of Advanced International Studies of the Johns Hopkins University.

Yun Sun is a Senior Fellow and Co-Director of the East Asia Program and Director of the China Program at the Stimson Center. Her expertise is in Chinese foreign policy, U.S.-China relations and China’s relations with neighboring countries and authoritarian regimes.