Director, Center for International Trade and Economics World Health Organization (WHO) Head Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala meets European Council President Charles Michel in Brussels, Belgium on May 19, 2021. Dursun Aydemir / Anadolu Agency / Getty Images
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Rep. Karen Bass stressed that, moving forward, U.S. policy toward Africa should be more about trade and investment, less about aid.
A renewed U.S. effort to promote economic freedom across Africa should also be a central part of America’s long-term mission to assist African countries.
A step toward that strategic objective would be for the Biden administration to resume negotiations aimed at hammering out a free trade agreement with Kenya.
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It would also require the president to submit an assessment to Congress of whether foreign nations were doing enough to counter the fundraising, financing and money-laundering activities of these groups.