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Just peanuts? - Trump's protective tariffs and their impact on Africa

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The international discussion of Trump's dispute over import tariffs for steel, aluminum and even cars are so far focused on the big global players. However, smaller African countries in particular could suffer too from the planned punitive tariffs, analogous to the famous African proverb, "When elephants fight, it is the grass that suffers". Egypt and South Africa for example, the potentially most affected countries in Africa, face massive job losses and earning opportunities, with all the consequences that this entails for their already fragile economy and their population in dire poverty.

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  • Kohnert, Dirk, 2018. "Just peanuts? - Trump's protective tariffs and their impact on Africa," MPRA Paper 85730, University Library of Munich, Germany.
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    1. Dirk Kohnert, 2020. "Horse-trading on EU–African Economic Partnership Agreements," Review of African Political Economy, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 42(143), pages 141-147, July.
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    Keywords

    USA; tariffs; trade war; WTO; steel; aluminium; cars; Africa; Egypt; South Africa; China; EU;
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    JEL classification:

    • F13 - International Economics - - Trade - - - Trade Policy; International Trade Organizations
    • F51 - International Economics - - International Relations, National Security, and International Political Economy - - - International Conflicts; Negotiations; Sanctions
    • F52 - International Economics - - International Relations, National Security, and International Political Economy - - - National Security; Economic Nationalism
    • F6 - International Economics - - Economic Impacts of Globalization
    • H21 - Public Economics - - Taxation, Subsidies, and Revenue - - - Efficiency; Optimal Taxation
    • P16 - Political Economy and Comparative Economic Systems - - Capitalist Economies - - - Capitalist Institutions; Welfare State
    • P52 - Political Economy and Comparative Economic Systems - - Comparative Economic Systems - - - Comparative Studies of Particular Economies

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