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Uganda asks China to go further in opening up its market for African products

  • Yoweri Museveni builds on previous calls for more Chinese imports of value-added goods in Kampala meeting with Vice-Premier Liu Guozhong
  • The Ugandan leader said his country is happy with China’s support and recalled its history of engaging with Africa

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China’s Vice-Premier Liu Guozhong at the Non-Aligned Movement ‘s 19th summit in Kampala on January 19. Photo: AFP
Jevans Nyabiage
Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni has praised his country’s long-standing relationship with China, while asking the Asian economic giant to open up more of its huge market to goods from Africa.
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In a meeting on the sidelines of last week’s Non-Aligned Movement summit in Kampala, Museveni told Chinese Vice-Premier Liu Guozhong that greater market access for African products would benefit Africa and China.

Museveni pointed to China’s decades of support for Uganda, saying “we are happy both with their actions and how they conduct themselves”, according to a Ugandan readout of last week’s meeting released at the weekend.

“Now, what we need to emphasise is market access. China should open its market to African products, which will benefit Africa and result in a win-win situation for both parties, given that Africa already imports a lot from China,” Museveni said.

He stressed that by buying each other’s goods, nations could foster prosperity and strengthen their economic ties for mutual benefit.

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“If you support what I produce, you are supporting my prosperity and when I buy what you produce, I am supporting your prosperity. So China should open their markets to African products, it is a very easy way to help one another for mutual benefit.”

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