Whitaker: White House, Congress not serious enough on Africa trade policy

Neither the Biden administration nor lawmakers from either party are paying urgently needed, “high-level” attention to U.S. trade policy toward Africa, according to former assistant U.S. Trade Representative for Africa Rosa Whitaker, who warns that the U.S. is failing to recognize the continent’s “strategic importance” in countering China. “I think we have another administration -- after successive administrations -- that's not taking Africa very seriously. And I believe that, as a result, America will wake up on the wrong side...