COSATU warns SA’s AGOA removal will hit agriculture and manufacturing sectors the hardest [SOUND]

# Union federation COSATU says it is deeply concerned by the impact South Africa’s exit from the African Growth and Opportunity Act would have on thousands of agricultural and manufacturing jobs linked to it. The exclusion is over practices inconsistent with the deal’s eligibility criteria. These include barriers that undermine American trade and investment and pose a threat to US national security and foreign policy interests in the region. COSATU’s Matthew Parks estimates around ten-thousand job losses linked to AGOA: