Le Pere, Garth L.2021-08-272021-08-272021Le Pere, G.L. (2021). US-China Geoeconomic Tensions: Implications for the African Continental Free Trade Area. Asian Perspective 45(1), 147-156. doi:10.1353/apr.2021.0019.0066-8435 (print)1535-8283 (online)10.1353/apr.2021.0019http://hdl.handle.net/2263/81526Passage of the African Continental Free Trade Area (CFTA) occurs at a time of rising tensions between the United States and China. Africa’s growth and development prospects depend on a functioning and stable multilateral trading system, but recourse to economic nationalism and protectionism is increasingly undermining the open global economy and, indeed, the liberal international order on which free and fair trade depends. This article examines the implications of US-China tensions for the CFTA while assessing the opportunity for closer engagement between African countries and an axis of emerging powers led by China in an enhanced Global South strategy.en© 2021 Institute for Far Eastern Studies, Kyungnam UniversityGeoeconomicsRegional trade agreementsBelt and road initiativeSouth-south tradeContinental free trade area (CFTA)Article