I-United States ikwimbambano yorhwebo neRwanda, ilizwe lase-Afrika elisezantsi kweSahara elinemali ye-9 yezigidigidi kuqoqosho. Ukunyuka kwamaxabiso eRwanda kwimpahla esele isetyenzisiwe evela e-US ukukhulisa imveliso yalapha kuluphazamisile ulawulo lukaTrump.
IRwanda inyuse imithwalo yokungenisa impahla esele isetyenzisiwe isuka eMelika isuka kwi-0.25 yeedola isiya kwi-2.50 yeekhilogram, kwaye ithathela ingqalelo ukuthintela ukungeniswa kwempahla ngo-2019. Ilizwe lase-Afrika lifuna ukukhulisa imveliso yasekhaya ngoqoqosho lwalo lusabuyela kwimeko yohlanga ngo-1994, eyabulala abantu abangama-800,000, okanye iipesenti ezilishumi. yabemi.
Ukubulawa kwabantu eRwanda kwabulala abantu abangamaTutsi beli lizwe ngurhulumente wamaHutu. Kwisithuba seentsuku ezili-100 ukusukela nge-7 ku-Epreli ukuya phakathi kuJulayi 1994, uninzi lwama-70 eepesenti zamaTutsi axhelwa.
Isigqibo sokunyusa iirhafu kwimpahla esetyenzisiweyo iyicaphukisile iWashington. Ngo-Matshi, uMmeli wezoRhwebo wase-US walumkisa iRwanda ukuba izakuphulukana nezinye izibonelelo phantsi komthetho we-African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA), umthetho wezorhwebo wase-Washington we-Afrika. Ingeniso yorhwebo eUS-Rwanda kwizambatho ezingamasekeni ifikelela kwi-17 yezigidi zeedola.
"Ukumiselwa kukaMongameli kugxininisa ukuzibophelela kwakhe ekunyanzeliseni imithetho yethu yorhwebo kunye nokuqinisekisa ubulungisa kubudlelwane bethu bezorhwebo," utshilo uSekela Mmeli wezoRhwebo e-US u-CJ Mahoney, elumkisa iRwanda ukuba ineentsuku ezingama-60 zokuba inyanzelise. Ilizwe liyalile ukwenza njalo emva kokuba ixesha lobabalo liphelile.
“Sibekwe kwimeko apho kufuneka sikhethe; ukhetha ukuba ngumamkeli wempahla esele isetyenzisiwe… okanye ukhethe ukukhulisa amashishini ethu elaphu, ”utshilo umongameli waseRwanda uPaul Kagame uxelele oonondaba ngoJuni. “Ngokutsho kwam, ukwenza ukhetho kulula.”
INTO ONOKUYITHATHA KWELI NQAKU:
- 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.