Inside Trade

September 21, 2025

Ghanaian president: U.S. support of AfCFTA key to Africa’s transformation

By Margaret Spiegelman  / June 17, 2021 at 8:55 AM
U.S. support of the African Continental Free Trade Area is critical to transforming the continent’s economy and its countries’ relationship with trading partners, Ghanaian president Nana Akufo-Addo said on Wednesday. During an event hosted by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce , Akufo-Addo called on Africa and its trading partners to abandon old models and “establish a sustainable, strategic partnership based on trade and investment cooperation.” Africa’s “economic relationship with the developed economies of the world,” he said, has long been...

Not a subscriber?

Request 30 days free access to exclusive, behind-the-scenes reporting on trade policy in the Trump era.