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Trump’s Africa tariffs – already based on dodgy economics – seem pointless and cruel given the amount of Africa-US trade…
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‘No deal’ as Trump slaps 30% tariff on South Africa
Last-ditch efforts to strike a tariff deal with the US have failed. That won’t bring the economy to its knees, but it will hurt…
Boxed in: lessons for Pretoria and Africa from Trump’s tariff uppercut
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An Eastern Cape tariff time bomb
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