# Stock markets in the US have ended their worst week since 2020, as Donald Trump’s sweeping tariffs continue to cause turmoil on global markets. All three main indexes on Wall Street this week dropped by more than five-percent. Shares in big American companies like Nike and Apple, which manufacture goods in highly-tariffed Asian countries, […]
# Sakeleiers het president Cyril Ramaphosa en die DA-leier John Steenhuisen versoek om die ineenstorting van die regering van nasionale eenheid te voorkom, en waarsku dit kan blywende ekonomiese skade veroorsaak. News24 berig verskeie leiers, insluitend die uitvoerende hoof van Yellowwoods, Adrian Enthoven, die uitvoerende hoof van Business Leadership South Africa, Busi Mavuso, en die […]
# Business leaders have urged president Cyril Ramaphosa and DA leader John Steenhuisen to prevent the collapse of the government of national unity, warning that it could cause lasting economic harm. According to News24, in a letter, several leaders, including Yellowwoods CEO Adrian Enthoven, Business Leadership South Africa CEO Busi Mavuso, and Anglo-American CEO Duncan […]
# Die minister van Handel, Nywerheid en Mededinging, Parks Tau, sê tariewe uit weerwraak teen die VSA sonder om ‘n volle begrip te hê van hoe hy tot sy besluit gekom het om ‘n 31-persent-tarief op Suid-Afrika in te stel, sal ondeurdag wees. Tau en die minister van Internasionale Betrekkinge, Ronald Lamola, het ‘n gesamentlike […]
# China sal vanaf 10 April 34-persent-tariewe op alle invoere van Amerikaanse goedere instel, nadat Washington swaar nuwe heffings op Chinese produkte ingestel het. China se ministerie van Finansies het aangekondig dit word by die huidige tariefkoers gevoeg. Beijing se ministerie van Handel het ook uitvoerbeheer op sewe seldsame aardelemente ingestel, insluitend gadolinium, wat algemeen […]
# Trade, Industry and Competition minister Parks Tau says retaliatory tariffs against the US would be ill-conceived without a full understanding of how it arrived at its decision to impose a 31-percent tariff on South Africa. The minister, alongside International Relations minister Ronald Lamola, held a joint media briefing on the government’s strategic approach to […]
# Die Nelson Mandelabaai-sakekamer waarsku die nuwe Amerikaanse tariewe sal ernstige gevolge vir die Oos-Kaapse ekonomie inhou, veral in die motor- en landbousektore. Die uitvoerende hoof, Denise van Huyssteen, sê duisende werksgeleenthede kan verlore gaan, wat Nelson Mandelabaai en die omliggende gebiede sal raak. Sy bepleit dringende versagtingstrategieë, insluitend die onderhandeling van handelsooreenkomste en die […]
# Die minister van Internasionale Betrekkinge en Samewerking, Ronald Lamola, sê Suid-Afrika sal in reaksie op die nuwe Amerikaanse tariewe sy marktoegang uitbrei en wêreldwye alliansies versterk. Die regering beplan om handelsverhoudinge uit te brei, met die fokus op markte in Afrika, Asië en die Midde-Ooste. Lamola het op ‘n nuuskonferensie gesê Suid-Afrika sal ook […]
# China will slap 34-percent tariffs on all imports of US goods from 10 April after Washington imposed steep new levies on Chinese products. China’s Finance ministry announced this will be on top of the current applicable tariff rate. Beijing’s Commerce Ministry also imposed export controls on seven rare earth elements, including gadolinium, commonly used […]
