{"id":39648,"date":"2026-07-15T10:16:05","date_gmt":"2026-07-15T08:16:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/?post_type=news&#038;p=39648"},"modified":"2026-07-15T10:16:05","modified_gmt":"2026-07-15T08:16:05","slug":"china-defends-zero-tariff-deal-for-africa","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/news\/china-defends-zero-tariff-deal-for-africa\/","title":{"rendered":"China defends zero-tariff deal for Africa"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">China says its decision to grant zero-tariff treatment to exports from 53 African countries with diplomatic ties, is a voluntary initiative aimed at promoting shared development and deepening China-Africa co-operation.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">The remarks were made in Beijing by the Vice President of the Chinese People&#8217;s Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries, Sun Xueqing.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">He made comments during a meeting with a delegation of African mainstream media representatives visiting China to study the country&#8217;s achievements in poverty alleviation and its modernisation model.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">Xueqing said China&#8217;s approach is founded on the principle that nations achieve sustainable development by helping one another grow, leading to mutual prosperity.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">&#8211;Channel Africa&#8211;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":33640,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"news-type":[78,44],"class_list":["post-39648","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news-type-featured","news-type-finance","entry"],"acf":{"short_description":"","published_date":"","news_description":"China zero-tariff deal for Africa","form_embed":"","author":"","image_caption":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/39648","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/39648\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":39649,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/39648\/revisions\/39649"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/33640"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=39648"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"news-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-type?post=39648"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}