By Black Star News
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South Africa says it is will present a revised trade deal to the US government in an endeavor to reduce the 30 percent tariff that has been imposed on the nation by the Trump Administration.
The South African government has said that “The new offer substantively responds to the issues the US has raised.” South Africa Trade, Industry and Competition Minister Parks Tau also said, “We went to cabinet last week and got approval of what would constitute the latest offer to the US. The new offer substantively responds to the issues the U.S. has raised in the 2025 National Trade Estimates Report.”
The right-wing Democratic Alliance, a faction of the current coalition government, in South Africa, is saying the 30 percent tariffs may remain in place because of supposed unfair race polices. At issue, are affirmative action policies that were enacted to alleviate the economic devastation and suffering that Black South Africans have endured for decades under the racist apartheid system.
The fallacious claims, of racism against white people in South Africa, is one of the lies that has been propagated as a criticism of South Africa’s majority-Black government. Trump himself amplified false claims about genocide against white people during South African President Cyril Ramaphosa’s May visit to the Trump White House.
South Africa is warning that 30,000 jobs are threatened by Trump’s tariffs. The latest unemployment figures show that the country’s unemployment rate rose for the second quarter in a row—and now stands at 33.2 percent.
South Africa already has one of the highest jobless rates in the world.
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