# The ANC has rejected what it calls the weaponisation of AGOA after the United States announced South Africa’s exclusion from the trade preference programme from January. National spokesperson Mahlengi Bhengu says AGOA should not be used as a political tool to punish developing nations for independent foreign policy positions. She says South Africa will continue to pursue non-aligned diplomacy and trade diversification, including BRICS partners:
ANC rejects weaponisation of AGOA after US exclusion [SOUND]
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