Solidarity blames government for South Africa’s exclusion from AGOA [SOUND]

# Solidarity asserts that the United States’ decision to remove South Africa from the African Growth and Opportunity Act programme stems directly from the government’s failure to repair deteriorating diplomatic relations with Washington. According to the Office of the US Trade Representative, South Africa has engaged in practices that are inconsistent with AGOA’s eligibility criteria. Consequently, South African goods will face higher tariffs from 2027. Solidarity’s Jaco Kleynhans says president Cyril Ramaphosa and minister of International Relations and Cooperation Ronald Lamola repeatedly ignored warnings: