Nigeria's The Guardian published on 24 May 2025 an article titled "U.S.-China Trade Tension Poses No Risk in Africa" by Oliwe Anthony.
The African Export-Import Bank concluded that recent US-China trade differences "would have little to no direct impact on Africa" for a variety of reasons. Among the reasons is the fact that Africa's trade exposure to the United States is only 5 percent and to China 12 percent.