IMelika isembangweni wokuhwebelana neRwanda, izwe eliseningizimu ye-Afrika elinomnotho olinganiselwa ku-$9 billion. Ukwenyuswa kwentela yaseRwanda ezimpahleni ezisetshenzisiwe ezivela e-US ukuze kuthuthukiswe ukukhiqizwa kwasekhaya kucasule abaphathi bakaTrump.

I-Rwanda inyuse intela yezimpahla zokugqoka ezisetshenzisiwe zisuka eMelika zisuka ku-$0.25 zaya ku-$2.50 ngekhilogremu, futhi icabanga ukuvimbela ukuthengwa kwempahla kwamanye amazwe ngo-2019. Izwe lase-Afrika lifuna ukukhulisa umkhiqizo wasekhaya njengoba umnotho walo usalulama ekubulaweni kohlanga ngo-1994, okwabulala abantu abangu-800,000, noma amaphesenti ayishumi. labantu.

Ukubulawa kwabantu eRwanda kwaba ukubulawa kwabantu abaningi abangamaTutsi ezweni ngamalungu kahulumeni wamaHutu. Esikhathini esiyizinsuku eziyi-100 kusukela mhla ziyisi-7 kuMbasa kuya phakathi kukaJulayi 1994, cishe amaphesenti angama-70 amaTutsi abulawa.

Isinqumo sokukhuphula amanani ezimpahleni ezisetshenzisiwe sicasule iWashington. NgoMashi, i-US Trade Representative yaxwayisa iRwanda ukuthi izolahlekelwa ezinye izinzuzo ngaphansi kwe-African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA), umthetho waseWashington wokuhwebelana e-Afrika. Ukuhwebelana kwe-US-Rwanda ngezimpahla eziseke zasetshenziswa isamba semali engu-$17 million kuphela.

"Ukuzimisela kukamengameli kugcizelela ukuzibophezela kwakhe ekuqiniseni imithetho yethu yezohwebo kanye nokuqinisekisa ukuthi kunobulungiswa ebudlelwaneni bethu bezohwebo," kusho iPhini loMmeleli wezoHwebo e-US u-CJ Mahoney, exwayisa iRwanda ukuthi kufanele iyibophe ngezinsuku ezingu-60. Izwe lenqaba ukwenza kanjalo ngemva kokuphela kwesikhathi somusa.

“Sibekwe esimweni lapho kufanele sikhethe khona; ukhetha ukwamukela izingubo ezike zasetshenziswa ... noma ukhethe ukukhulisa izimboni zethu zendwangu,” umongameli waseRwanda uPaul Kagame etshela izintatheli ngoJuni. "Ngokwami, ukukhetha kulula."

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In March, the US Trade Representative warned Rwanda it would lose some benefits under the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA), Washington's trade legislation for Africa.
The African country wants to boost domestic production with its economy still recovering from genocide in 1994, which killed 800,000 people, or 10 percent of the population.
The United States is in a trade conflict with Rwanda, a sub-Saharan African country with a $9 billion economy.