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IAD Fall Symposium: Africa and China: Trade, Investment, and Development

Africa and China

November 3-4, 2023

Multifaceted and multidisciplinary analytical papers that focus on the  role of Chinese investments in Africa’s development as well as those that give brief overviews of Africa’s efforts to create a free trade area  and the impact and scale of  investment are encouraged. Additionally, the symposium will look at the role foreign investment can play in resource mobilization for infrastructure development as well as the links between law, trade, and regional integration.  The overall objective of the conference is to engage in comprehensive discussion of Chinese investments in Africa.