A promise by the US president to visit sub-Saharan Africa in 2023 was not delivered and this is unlikely to be a priority ahead of Biden's likely re-match with Donald Trump at November's presidential election...
To sweeten that deal President Donald Trump recognised Moroccan sovereignty over the disputed Western Sahara...
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This places the regime in a delicate situation: M6 weathered criticism of his December 2020 Abraham Accords normalisation deal with Israel when then United States president Donald Trump recognised Moroccan sovereignty over the disputed Western Sahara...
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The African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) scheme had been earmarked for the scrapheap by Biden's predecessor Donald Trump who preferred to broker trade deals with a narrower group including Morocco and Kenya (AC Vol 64 No 2 Grand ambitions little money)...
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A former foreign policy advisor to former President Donald Trump's 2016 election campaign Schmitz was an executive with the Blackwater private military contractor (now called Academi) of Erik Prince...
The quid pro quo of the Israel deal came from ex-United States president Donald Trump's recognition of Moroccan sovereignty over Western Sahara – which Rabat calls its 'Saharan provinces' – in a victory for the national cause which significantly dampened any opposition to the Israel deal...
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Rabat's biggest gripe was Macron's refusal to follow the United States President Donald Trump's decision to flout the UN resolution on Western Sahara by recognising Morocco's sovereignty over the territory...
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Much criticised by civil activists the costs of this lobbying contract are yet to be made public but they are likely to be substantial with six Mercury staffers working on the contract: ex-Congressman Toby Moffett formerly chairman of Mayer Brown's Africa lobbying practice; Bryan Lanza who managed communications for President Donald Trump's transition team; and Eric Bloom a senior journalist with CBS News...
An ally of Donald Trump Torres failed to win the Republican nomination for two congressional seats in Florida...
Another presidential contender from the populist wing of the NPP is Kennedy Agyapong a wealthy politician whose modus operandi has been compared to United States President Donald Trump...
Biden's predecessor Donald Trump had opened talks with Kenya on a reciprocal free trade agreement based on the tariff and quota free trade offered by the US's African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) which is due to expire in 2025 (AC Vol 62 No 7 How not to win friends)...