Solidarity warns South Africa could be removed from AGOA amid strained relations with the US [SOUND]

# Solidarity warns that South Africa could be removed from the African Growth and Opportunity Act before Christmas. This comes as the White House is reviewing the list of participating countries, with an announcement expected by November. South Africa accounts for 54-percent of all AGOA-related exports to the US, making it the scheme’s largest beneficiary. Solidarity’s Theuns du Buisson says they are concerned that ending South Africa’s participation in AGOA could now form part of the US’s escalating actions against the country: