{"id":150675,"date":"2026-05-01T10:00:17","date_gmt":"2026-05-01T10:00:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=150675"},"modified":"2026-05-01T10:00:17","modified_gmt":"2026-05-01T10:00:17","slug":"china-cuts-tariffs-on-african-goods-but-is-it-enough-to-close-the-trade-gap","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=150675","title":{"rendered":"China cuts tariffs on African goods but is it enough to close the trade gap?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Source: China &#8211; South China Morning PostAfrican eels, frozen meat and rare earths now have one thing in common \u2013 at least in China.<br \/>\nThe commodities are among a wide variety of products that can enter the country tariff-free as part of a policy to help redress the continent\u2019s massive trade imbalance with China.<br \/>\nThe zero-tariff policy has applied to 33 \u201cleast-developed\u201d African countries since 2024 and, from May 1, has been expanded to include 20 \u201cmiddle-income\u201d African nations.<br \/>\nThe schedule will remain in effect for two years, covering&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/news\/china\/diplomacy\/article\/3352108\/china-cuts-tariffs-african-goods-it-enough-close-trade-gap?utm_source=rss_feed\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"feedzy-rss-link-icon\" rel=\"noopener\">Read More<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: China &#8211; South China Morning PostAfrican eels, frozen meat and rare earths now have one thing in common \u2013 at least in China. The commodities are among a wide&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/150675"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=150675"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/150675\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=150675"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=150675"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=150675"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}