# International Relations and Cooperation minister, Ronald Lamola, says trade talks with the US are going well. Still, government is unlikely to make concessions on domestic policies as part of the negotiations. The US imposed 30-percent tariffs on South African exports to America in August, which have threatened thousands of jobs in the automotive industry and citrus farming in the country. Speaking at the Financial Times Africa Summit in London on Tuesday, Lamola emphasised that America remains a strategic partner to the country’s economy:
Minister Lamola says government won’t make concessions on domestic policies as part of US trade talks [SOUND]
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