Risking Beijing’s Ire, Mineral-Rich Zimbabwe Wants US Trade

Improved relations between Harare and Washington could undermine China’s significant investments in Zimbabwe, experts said.

A miner carries a load of ore at Manzou Farm, owned by Grace Mugabe, wife of former Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe, in Mazowe, Zimbabwe, on April 5, 2018. Jekesai Njikizana/AFP/Getty Images

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JOHANNESBURG—Zimbabwe, with its struggling economy and high rates of inflation, poverty, and unemployment, has become the first country to drop tariffs on U.S. imports.