# Deputy president Paul Mashatile says South Africa is focused on stabilising relations with the USA, considering the partnership is critical to the country’s economic development goals. The Expropriation Act has been at the centre of the straining of diplomatic relations between Pretoria and Washington since US president Donald Trump returned to the White House. Speaking at the BizNews conference in the Western Cape, Mashatile said various actors must support government in promoting the nation’s interests in the US, including through mechanisms such as the African Growth and Opportunity Act.
Mashatile says SA is committed to improving diplomatic and trade relations with the US