China's evolving African trade

Standard Bank’s Craig Polkinghorne and Tee Chong Ong talk about Asia’s evolving trade relationship with Africa.
Commerce at San Pedro port, Ivory Coast (Source: AFP)
Commerce at San Pedro port, Ivory Coast (Source: AFP)

Trade between Africa and the Bric countries -- Brazil, Russia, India and China -- has grown 10-fold over the past decade. The value of total transactions increased to about $166 billion by the end of 2008 from $16 billion in 2000. Now the flavour of the month is Sino-African trade.

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