For too long, African governments have listened to the siren song of free trade – and have suffered from too much openness, not too little. With the US and the European Union unwilling to slash their farm subsidies, Uganda’s rice experiment deserves wider attention, if only because it shows that Africans aren’t merely passive victims of international economic forces.
非洲各国政府聆听自由贸易的高歌猛进已经太久了—他们也受害于过度而不是过少的开放。由于美国和欧盟不愿缩减其农业补贴，乌干达的大米试验就值得更多的关注，哪怕只是因为它显示了非洲人并不仅仅是国际经济强权的被动受害者。他们正在反击，至少在乌干达的稻田里，他们正在获得胜利。