US President Donald Trump’s meeting with African leaders shows a sense of urgency in competing for scarce resources with China, which recently lifted tariffs on imports from the continent.The president told his guests on Wednesday that the US was “shifting from aid to trade” to deepen economic ties,

U.S. President Donald Trump will host leaders from five African nations at a White House lunch Wednesday to discuss "commercial opportunities," a White House official said last week. Trump will host leaders from Gabon, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Mauritania and Senegal, West African nations that have been hit by his aid cuts.

President Trump is hosting 5 African leaders in Washington this week — a selective summit that's raising eyebrows over who was invited, what's on the table, and what it signals about U.S. rivalry with China and BRICS in Africa.