Nigeria, March 12 -- The global trade environment is shifting in ways that Nigeria cannot afford to read passively. What is taking shape is not simply a competition among major powers, nor merely a question of market access. It is a reordering of how Africa is being positioned within competing trade architectures. The United States has reauthorised the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) only through 31 December, with retroactive effect to September 2025, while China has announced a zero-tariff treatment from 1 May for imports from 53 African countries with which it maintains diplomatic relations. Taken together, these moves point to a wider reality: external trade preferences are becoming more fluid, more strategic, and more visibl...