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

Dirk Kohnert

MPRA Paper from University Library of Munich, Germany

Abstract: 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.

Keywords: USA; tariffs; trade war; WTO; steel; aluminium; cars; Africa; Egypt; South Africa; China; EU (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: F13 F51 F52 F6 H21 P16 P52 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018-04-05
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