South Africa will be removed from duty-free benefits of AGOA

 

South Africa will be removed from the duty-free benefits of the African Growth and Opportunity Act (Agoa) from next year, the US government announced last night. The US trade representative, Jamieson Greer, said that US President, Donald Trump, had decided to remove South Africa “for engaging in practices that are inconsistent with Agoa’s eligibility criteria…

GUEST: Gerrit van der Merwe, the chairperson of the Citrus Growers Association (CGA)