{"id":1665,"date":"2025-07-09T21:38:56","date_gmt":"2025-07-09T21:38:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/2025\/07\/09\/trump-hosts-five-west-african-leaders-to-discuss-trade-and-development\/"},"modified":"2025-07-09T21:38:56","modified_gmt":"2025-07-09T21:38:56","slug":"trump-hosts-five-west-african-leaders-to-discuss-trade-and-development","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/2025\/07\/09\/trump-hosts-five-west-african-leaders-to-discuss-trade-and-development\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump hosts five West African leaders to discuss trade and development"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Trump is hosting leaders from Gabon, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Mauritania and Senegal on Wednesday for with discussions to focus on business opportunities.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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United States President Donald Trump is meeting with leaders from five African nations as he escalates a trade war that could impact developing countries reliant on commerce with the US.<\/p>\n

On Wednesday, Trump hosted leaders from Gabon, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Mauritania, and Senegal at the White House for talks and a working lunch, with discussions expected to centre on business opportunities, according to a White House official.<\/p>\n

During the lunch, Trump said they hail from \u201cvery vibrant places with very valuable land, great minerals, great oil deposits and wonderful people\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere\u2019s a lot of anger on your continent. We\u2019ve been able to solve a lot of it,\u201d Trump said, pointing to a recent peace agreement leaders of\u00a0the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Rwanda<\/a> recently signed at the White House.<\/p>\n

The leaders are expected to discuss key areas of cooperation, including economic development, security, infrastructure and democracy, according to statements from the White House and Liberia. Trump said the five countries were unlikely to face US tariffs.<\/p>\n

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Trump is expected to soon announce dates for a broader summit with African leaders, possibly in September around the time of the United Nations General Assembly.<\/p>\n

This week\u2019s mini-summit marks the latest effort by successive administrations to counter perceptions that the US has neglected a continent where China has increasingly made economic inroads.<\/p>\n

Trade, investment in focus<\/h2>\n

Wednesday\u2019s meeting is expected to focus on economics.<\/p>\n

During the meeting, Gabon\u2019s President Brice Oligui Nguema told Trump his country was open to investment and wants to see its raw mineral resources processed locally, but needs large investments in energy to do so.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are not poor countries. We are rich countries when it comes to raw materials. But we need partners to support us and help us develop those resources with win-win partnerships,\u201d Nguema said at the meeting.<\/p>\n

Senegal\u2019s President Bassirou Diomaye Faye suggested his country also offered investment opportunities for tourism, including a golf course.<\/p>\n

Faye said the course would only be a six-hour flight from New York and suggested Trump could visit to show off his skills.<\/p>\n

The US International Development Finance Corporation said earlier in the day it would provide project development funding for the Banio Potash Mine in Mayumba, Gabon, helping Gabon reduce its dependence on imports.<\/p>\n

\u201cDFC\u2019s efforts not only benefit the countries and communities where they invest but also advance US economic interests by opening new markets, strengthening trade relationships, and promoting a more secure and prosperous global economy,\u201d said DFC head of investments Conor Coleman.<\/p>\n

The five nations whose leaders are meeting Trump represent a small fraction of US-Africa trade, but they possess untapped natural resources.<\/p>\n

Senegal and Mauritania are important transit and origin countries when it comes to migration, and along with Guinea-Bissau, are struggling to contain drug trafficking, both issues of concern for the Trump administration.<\/p>\n

However, African Union officials question how Africa could deepen trade ties with the US under what they called \u201cabusive\u201d tariff proposals and visa restrictions largely targeting travellers from Africa.<\/p>\n

The top US diplomat for Africa, Ambassador Troy Fitrell, has dismissed allegations of unfair US trade practices.<\/p>\n

Earlier this month, US authorities dissolved<\/a> the US Agency for International Development and said it was no longer following what they called \u201ca charity-based foreign aid model\u201d and instead will focus on partnerships with nations that show \u201cboth the ability and willingness to help themselves\u201d.<\/p>\n

Those cuts could result in more than 14 million additional deaths by 2030, research published by The Lancet medical journal showed last week.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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