“The country that wins the race for the vaccine and the treatment of COVID-19 will become a new kind of power able to spread that vaccine around the world,” added Sanger. The article continues below Free download Get your free PDF: COVID-19. Complete the form and download, for free, The Africa Report’s COVID-19 How Africa can navigate the pandemic. Just as this combination has proved so formidable in technology (Huawei) and finance (ICBC), assuming China’s vaccines actually work, it’ll be difficult, if not impossible, for US and European countries to compete in purely geopolitical terms. And if you closely watch China’s aggressive vaccine diplomacy push in North Africa and the Gulf region, in particular, then you’ll see how that impact is becoming more visible by the day.

Source: The North Africa Journal October 28, 2020 16:30 UTC