But negotiations are complicated by political demands from President Donald Trump which – though not formally part of trade talks – are driving Washington's hardline stance...

In most cases President Donald Trump has targeted countries with large trade surpluses with the United States in line with his aim to slash the trade deficit...

Compounding the situation is United States President Donald Trump's closure of the US Agency for International Development (USAID) earlier this year ending one of the main international sources of funding technical support and grain supplies (AC Vol 66 No 5 Western aid cuts reshape the geopolitical landscape)...

With a close eye on the oil and gas reserves managed in Tripoli and old ties to rogue General Khalifa Haftar United States President Donald Trump is trying to balance his interests in Libya...

Opposition is mounting to efforts by US President Donald Trump's administration to persuade African states to accept third-country deportees...

' Côte d'Ivoire was a notable absence from the five countries – Senegal Mauritania Guinea-Bissau Liberia and Gabon – invited to lunch with President Donald Trump on 9 July...

Speaking at the White House on 27 June during the signing of a new peace agreement by the Rwandan and Congolese foreign ministers President Donald Trump declared that no previous United States president had attempted to broker peace between Rwanda and Congo-Kinshasa – and that none could have succeeded as he had...