Raw LLM Responses

They probably need to because they are often get poor [economic deal from EU or US](https://www.un.org/africarenewal/magazine/august-2014/trade-between-two-unequal-partners). Some are threaten with high tariff/sanction if they did not accept the deal. Chocolate is one of the commodities African countries have problem with. > The EU, though, exports around $18bn worth of chocolate, amounting to around 75 percent of the world's annual chocolate exports. The entire African continent - where the cocoa trees grow - remains far behind, with less than $200m worth of chocolate exports. How can it be that a continent on which no cocoa tree can survive outside a greenhouse makes 90 times more chocolate than the continent on which cocoa trees grow naturally? > The answer is simple: trade links and regulations that haven't changed much since colonial times. The tariff regulations towards African states allow European countries to import cocoa beans without any additional charges. However, processed goods, such as chocolate, incur a hefty import surcharge, > [Link](https://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/eu-migration-hypocrisy-africa-180130090523040.html) That expensive Belgium chocolate? They came from Africa