US Demands South Africa Change Laws to Reach Trade Deal & Avoid 30% Tariffs
13:29 03.08.2025 (Updated: 17:10 03.08.2025)
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US Demands South Africa Change Laws to Reach Trade Deal & Avoid 30% Tariffs
Abolishing the law that requires foreign companies to transfer a third of their shares to local residents from groups that suffered during colonialism and apartheid is what the US demands, Director-General of the South African Foreign Ministry Zane Dangor said.
According to the media, among other conditions are:
🟠a shift in land reform towards favoring farm sellers;
🟠significantly increased penalties for the murder of white farmers;
🟠official condemnation by the authorities of the apartheid-era song "Kill the Boer" ("Kill the Farmer"), which is often performed in South Africa at political rallies.
US tariffs of 30% on numerous goods from South Africa were supposed to come into effect on August 1, but for technical reasons the deadline for their introduction has been postponed for a week.
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Abolishing the law that requires foreign companies to transfer a third of their shares to local residents from groups that suffered during colonialism and apartheid is what the US demands, Director-General of the South African Foreign Ministry Zane Dangor said.
According to the media, among other conditions are:
🟠a shift in land reform towards favoring farm sellers;
🟠significantly increased penalties for the murder of white farmers;
🟠official condemnation by the authorities of the apartheid-era song "Kill the Boer" ("Kill the Farmer"), which is often performed in South Africa at political rallies.
US tariffs of 30% on numerous goods from South Africa were supposed to come into effect on August 1, but for technical reasons the deadline for their introduction has been postponed for a week.
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