China will negotiate and sign a new economic pact with Africa that will get rid of all tariffs on the 53 African states it has diplomatic ties with, it said, a move that could benefit middle-income nations.

Trade talks between the US and China this week cemented a seismic change in Washington’s approach to the countries’ economic relationship: US export curbs, meant to keep sensitive technologies out of Beijing’s hands,

The United States and China have agreed on a framework to implement their trade truce, officials on both sides said Wednesday, after concluding two days of talks in London to defuse tensions and ease export restrictions that threaten to disrupt global manufacturing.