Cape Town urges government to intervene in US tariff threat to boatbuilding [SOUND]

# The City of Cape Town has written to the Trade, Industry and Competition minister, Parks Tau, expressing concern over the potential imposition of a significant tariff by the US on boat imports from South Africa. Under new adjustments to the Trump-era tariff structure, boats imported from a range of countries may face duties of up to 30-percent. Mayoral committee member for Economic Growth, James Vos, says the proposed tariffs pose an existential threat to an industry that supports over three-thousand direct jobs: