The Trump administration slapped South Africa with a 30% import tariff, effective last August

Isuzu Motors South Africa says high tariffs and cross-border costs make intra-African trade more expensive than exports beyond the continent, urging faster implementation of the African Continental Free Trade Area

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However, it’s not certain whether South Africa will continue to benefit from the concessional trade pact for qualifying African countries

Tariffs were meant to punish Chinese exporters and encourage American manufacturing; instead, they have raised prices for US consumers

Business and economic leaders warn that diplomatic tension, tariffs and shifting global alliances could shape whether the country remains part of the renewed agreement

President Cyril Ramaphosa said the uncertainty of the new trading regime had already harmed the country’s economy

But we must still work to reduce Donald Trump’s 30% tariff and look to and maintain other markets

Donald Trump’s punitive tariffs will be felt across Africa

Other countries have taken the US to the World Trade Organisation, but South Africa has chosen to try to negotiate a better deal with America

The government is relieved by the reduction in the tariffs from the threatened 50% to 15%

Donald Trump’s ‘solution’ to South Africa avoiding the tariff hike – move production to the US – is nothing more than economic blackmail

These countries need to rethink the prohibitive tariffs they place on each other

The trade truce between the US and China might be fragile and conditional but it’s a step towards dialogue and stability amid ongoing rivalry

But he secured tentative trade talks as negotiations with officials on a pact between South Africa and the US were set to continue

This latest wave of tariff changes signals a broader trend toward economic nationalism and trade realignment.

The spokesman said new special envoy to Washington Mcebisi Jonas’s censure of the US president was not an impediment to mending fences

From the looms of 18th century Bengal to clothing factories in Cape Town, tariffs have shaped the global economy not through free markets but through force

The former deputy finance minister has to salvage ties with Washington amid a diplomatic deep freeze and global trade war

Donald’s trumped-up ‘liberation’ chart of tariffs has reset the world order – and my need to make my side hustle more lucrative