South Africa: Trade negotiations with the United States will continue despite the G20 summit differences
South African Trade Minister Parks Taw expressed his expectations that negotiations with Washington regarding reaching a trade agreement would continue, despite the differences between the two countries against the backdrop of the G20 summit held this week in the city of Johannesburg in the north of the country..
The minister’s statements come after South Africa, the host of the last summit, pushed for the G20 leaders to issue a declaration despite objections from the United States, which boycotted the event.
Efforts made by South Africa to secure a trade agreement with the United States were complicated by several issues, including Trump’s unproven accusations of persecuting the white minority in South Africa.
It is noteworthy that Trump imposed 30% customs duties on his country’s imports from South Africa last August, which may have caused the loss of tens of thousands of jobs, at a time when the country, which is the largest economy in Africa, was barely growing..
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