US tariff threat as dispute drags on
The Obama administration is actively considering the re-imposition of tariffs on a range of South African exports worth billions of rand including cars‚ ferromanganese‚ citrus and wine‚ unless South Africa moves rapidly to open its market to US chicken‚ beef and pork‚ Business Day reported.
"Without swift action‚ South Africa risks losing important tariff benefits under the African Growth and Opportunity Act (Agoa)‚" deputy assistant US trade representative Trevor Kincaid South Africaid on Thursday. US and South African trade‚ agricultural and veterinary officials‚ including South Africa’s special envoy on Agoa issues‚ ambasSouth Africador Faizel Ismail‚ are due to meet in Washington on Monday.
"A resolution on unfair barriers to US exports is urgently needed‚ particularly given the clear Congressional mandate in the recent Agoa renewal legislation‚" Mr Kincaid South Africaid‚ reiterating the mesSouth Africage delivered to Trade and Industry Minister Rob Davies by US trade representative Michael Froman at the Agoa forum in Gabon last month.
Comments
Press Office
Announcements
What's On
Subscribe to improve your user experience...
Option 1 (equivalent of R125 a month):
Receive a weekly copy of Creamer Media's Engineering News & Mining Weekly magazine
(print copy for those in South Africa and e-magazine for those outside of South Africa)
Receive daily email newsletters
Access to full search results
Access archive of magazine back copies
Access to Projects in Progress
Access to ONE Research Report of your choice in PDF format
Option 2 (equivalent of R375 a month):
All benefits from Option 1
PLUS
Access to Creamer Media's Research Channel Africa for ALL Research Reports, in PDF format, on various industrial and mining sectors
including Electricity; Water; Energy Transition; Hydrogen; Roads, Rail and Ports; Coal; Gold; Platinum; Battery Metals; etc.
Already a subscriber?
Forgotten your password?
Receive weekly copy of Creamer Media's Engineering News & Mining Weekly magazine (print copy for those in South Africa and e-magazine for those outside of South Africa)
➕
Recieve daily email newsletters
➕
Access to full search results
➕
Access archive of magazine back copies
➕
Access to Projects in Progress
➕
Access to ONE Research Report of your choice in PDF format
RESEARCH CHANNEL AFRICA
R4500 (equivalent of R375 a month)
SUBSCRIBEAll benefits from Option 1
➕
Access to Creamer Media's Research Channel Africa for ALL Research Reports on various industrial and mining sectors, in PDF format, including on:
Electricity
➕
Water
➕
Energy Transition
➕
Hydrogen
➕
Roads, Rail and Ports
➕
Coal
➕
Gold
➕
Platinum
➕
Battery Metals
➕
etc.
Receive all benefits from Option 1 or Option 2 delivered to numerous people at your company
➕
Multiple User names and Passwords for simultaneous log-ins
➕
Intranet integration access to all in your organisation