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Donald Trump.

Bye, Agoa, you were great

South Africa and Rwanda have been ejected from the US programme

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WATCH: What would exclusion from Agoa mean for South Africa’s agricultural sector?

Exclusion from Agoa could hit farm exports to the US

JUSTICE MALALA: There is another election that matters

The day before South Africans vote US citizens will vote too

Ronald Lamola and Donald Trump.

Lamola wades through Trumped-up sound and fury

Beyond the bluster, SA-US ties remain resilient

South Africa’s expensive wait for a new White House

There’s a price on waiting for the post-Trump era

Stuck in the middle: Observations from a South African tourist in Mexico

First things first: The food is fabulous

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WATCH: Is Brics still relevant for South African agriculture?

We explore export opportunities across the bloc

Don’t take SA’s citrus success for granted

Growers’ success needs support

South African oranges.

How South African citrus outcompetes the world’s agriculture giants

Agriculture is one of the country’s biggest economic strengths

EDITORIAL: Agoa’s unlikely revival comes with a catch for South Africa

America wants Agoa. Does it still want South Africa?

JAMIE CARR: DP World can’t fight this sinking feeling

The Strait of Hormuz claims yet another victim

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WANDILE SIHLOBO: A big step in the wrong direction

SADC trade bans on SA agricultural imports threaten regional growth

VW and the end of the ICE age

VW looks to African markets for growth amid European ICE bans and local policy headwinds

JAMIE CARR: Meaty, beaty, big and bouncy BYD

BYD exports at pace

WANDILE SIHLOBO: How South Africa boosts Zimbabwe farmers

Farmers have not yet recovered from Mugabe’s land grabs

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Agoa and South African business: a dynamic alternative

A more granular breakdown of Agoa to consider trade at the subnational level could benefit South Africa in its trade relations with the US

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Factory floor: the manufacturing recovery that may never be

March’s economic data provides a sense of things looking up. It belies the actual state of the manufacturing sector

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South Africa’s tariff system is choking business confidence

Itac’s tariff investigations now take years, not months. Companies are giving up on a system too slow, too opaque and too discretionary to trust

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China’s trade bridge to Africa: opportunity or optics?

Will China’s tariff-free trade policy with Africa simply reinforce existing trade imbalances without changing the structure of trade?

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Real Politics: what Iran reveals about South Africa’s GNU problem

South Africa’s unity government must use the Iran war to forge a pragmatic foreign policy that protects jobs, trade and credibility over ideology