# Minister of Trade, Industry, and Competition, Parks Tau, says South Africa and other African nations need to diversify their trade portfolio. This is in the wake of US president Donald Trump imposing sweeping global tariffs including 30-percent on South African goods exported to America. Speaking on the sidelines of the Gauteng Investment Conference on Thursday, Tau emphasised that they will be engaging with the US on the African Growth and Opportunity Act trade deal:
Minister Tau says African countries need to diversify their trade portfolio [SOUND]
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