The South African government says the increased US tariff could cause tens of thousands of job losses, especially in the agriculture and car manufacturing industries.

South Africa was officially responding to the American President Donald Trump imposing a 30 percent hike on goods imported from South Africa to the US.

The country is one of many that have faced the US tariff hikes, as the Trump administration pushes to reshape global trade in favour of the US.

Now to discuss this further and look at how the US blanket tariff hike has reshaped the global trade, we speak to Prof, Lawrance Edwards, Professor in the School of Economics and a Research Associate at the University of Cape Town in South Africa...

The South African government says the increased US tariff could cause tens of thousands of job losses, especially in the agriculture and car manufacturing industries.
South Africa was officially responding to the American President Donald Trump imposing a 30 percent hike on goods imported from South Africa to the US.
The country is one of many that have faced the US tariff hikes, as the Trump administration pushes to reshape global trade in favour of the US.
Now to discuss this further and look at how the US blanket tariff hike has reshaped the global trade, we speak to Prof, Lawrance Edwards, Professor in the School of Economics and a Research Associate at the University of Cape Town in South Africa...