JIN DING/CHINA DAILY
In October 2000, China and African countries jointly established the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation, ushering in a new era of Sino-African relations during which cooperation between the two sides has deepened and produced more fruitful results.
While the concept of China-Africa community with a shared future has been welcomed by both Chinese and African people, FOCAC has organized frequent dialogues and established an effective mechanism for expanding cooperation between China and Sierra Leone. More important, FOCAC has promoted multilateralism, yielding benefits for both sides.
On board the FOCAC shuttle , the China-Sierra Leone relationship embarked on a new journey. Speaking at the Extraordinary China-Africa Summit on Solidarity Against COVID-19 in June 2020, President Xi Jinping said China would continue to do everything possible to support Africa s response to COVID-19, work with Africa to follow up on the 2018 FOCAC Summit in Beijing, and accor
A friend indeed for Sierra Leone
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04 November 2015 -
Global trade has real impacts on the lives, livelihoods and liberties of people and all else on Earth. Yet, only a handful of people engage in the making of trade rules, leaving the space open for trade negotiators, foreign diplomats and big businesses to set the terms.
The rules for global trade are currently made under the World Trade Organisation (WTO) and its agreements. The WTO succeeds the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT 1948-1994), which was meant to bring peace and prosperity to the world post the Second World War.
We have seen two decades of the WTO (1995-2015). The Organisation celebrated twenty years at a Public Forum in early October held at its Secretariat in Geneva on the theme “Trade Works”.