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The article reports on people working in manufacturing in sub-Saharan Africa has risen along with deindustrialization in Africa. Topics include rise in factory employment by expected improvements in productivity, increase in foreign investments, and impact of COVID-19 pandemic manufacturers such as decline in orders of garments from the U.S.

The article explores the opportunity for Chinese President Xi Jinping to boost Chinese influence in the U.S. Topics discussed are the bilateral trade agreements China signed with Latin American countries, effect of Chinese exports on the deindustrialization of Latin America, changes to the pattern of Cinese investment with the changing expectations of Latin America, and China's offering of free trade agreements with open economies to dispel the notion that it is the friend of the left.