Africa Sees Surge in Chinese Exports Shunned by US: Supply Lines

It’s not taking China very long to find new markets for its exports after the Trump administration erected a higher tariff wall around the US economy.

The new hotspot for Chinese goods: Africa.

With a 25% on-year jump to $122 billion, growth in sales to the continent of 1.5 billion people has far outpaced other major markets this year while orders from the US slumped.

China’s exports to Africa so far in 2025 are more than in all of 2020 and on track to exceed $200 billion for the first time, my Bloomberg News colleagues report from Asia. (Read the full story here ...