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Brussels pushes Global Gateway to rival US-China deal-making

Eurocrats will argue for more transactional policies at the Luanda summit to secure critical minerals. But can the EU’s cash match its ambitions?

Africa Union and European Union leaders insist they want to ratchet up economic security ties ahead of their two-day summit starting in Angola on 25 November, just after South Africa’s hosting of the G20. With such a proliferation of geopolitical ties on offer, the EU side will have to work much harder to convince. Two priorities stand out: debt forgiveness and restructuring schemes for Africa and infrastructure contracts for Brussels.

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