Trade, Industry and Competition Minister Parks Tau has called for a "reset" in South Africa's trade relations with the United States, amid rising tensions over the 30 percent tariffs on South African exports set to take effect on Friday. Meanwhile, the Director of the Centre for Risk Analysis, Chris Hattingh warns that a further 10 percent tariff threat by President Donald Trump's administration against BRICS and the 50 percent tariffs on Brazil including an effective trade Cold War between the US and China may well all combine to provide the BRICS members with an ever-useful uniting tool in politics and foreign policy. Hattingh now joins us on the line for further details

<p>Trade, Industry and Competition Minister Parks Tau has called for a "reset" in South Africa's trade relations with the United States, amid rising tensions over the 30 percent tariffs on South African exports set to take effect on Friday. Meanwhile, the Director of the Centre for Risk Analysis, Chris Hattingh warns that a further 10 percent tariff threat by President Donald Trump's administration against BRICS and the 50 percent tariffs on Brazil including an effective trade Cold War between the US and China may well all combine to provide the BRICS members with an ever-useful uniting tool in politics and foreign policy. Hattingh now joins us on the line for further details</p>

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