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Reserve Bank governor says US tariffs will impact auto and agriculture sectors in SA [SOUND]

# South African Reserve Bank governor, Lesetja Kganyago, is warning that the US tariffs will impact the automotive and agriculture sectors the most in the country. America is set to impose a 30-percent tariff on exports from South Africa from August 1st. Around 100-thousand jobs in the automotive and agriculture sectors are at risk, including 35-thousand jobs in the citrus sector alone. Kganyago told Reuters that it is important for individual countries to tailor their response to the tariffs to suit their economies:

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