Economy

“Trump’s tariffs have technically nullified AGOA”

Date: May 21, 2025

South Africa (SA) International Relations and Co-operation Minister Ronald Lamola says the United States (US) President Donald Trump has nullified African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) benefits by imposing tariffs against SA and other countries.

He says the meeting between President Cyril Ramaphosa and Trump today will among other issues discuss trade between SA and the US.

Lamola says Pretoria will engage Washington in an effort to normalise relations between the two countries.

Speaking to SABC News in Washington where he’s accompanying Ramaphosa, Lamola says he hopes the meeting of the two leaders will yield positive results.

” The tariffs have technically nullified AGOA. So there is a need for an engagement on economic package or trade relations and that is what is ongoing as we speak which will also obviously culminate into tomorrow’s meeting in terms what then becomes future trade relations between the two countries must continue to be mutually beneficial spanning all those sectors; agriculture, the automotive sector and other important sectors of our economy.”

--SABC--

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