Sudan: 'U.S. Sanctions Relief Will Not Improve Living Conditions in Sudan' - Economist

9 October 2017

Cairo / Khartoum — Economic expert Prof Hamid Eltigani has contradicted predictions by Sudanese government officials that the US lifting of the trade embargo on Sudan will solve the economic crisis in the country to a large extent. Sudan's FA Minister announced that the second phase of the dialogue with Washington will take place early next year.

According to Prof Eltigani, economist and head of the Department of Public Policy and Administration at the American University in Cairo, the permanent lifting of the trade embargo on Sudan as declared by Washington on Friday, "has mostly a psychological effect.

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