South Africa Sees Scope to Ease Farm-Trade Dispute With US
South Africa, struggling to reset relations with the US, is willing to give way on so-called phytosanitary requirements for poultry-meat imports, but fears an impasse with its second-biggest trading partner over pork shipments.
Washington's trade complaints against Pretoria — which have triggered a threat of a 30% tariff on imports from Africa's largest economy — span a range of industries from vehicles to citrus. The meat trade has also been a sticking point, with US producers viewing Pretoria's animal-health requirements as a constraint on doing business, according to South African Agriculture Minister John Steenhuisen.
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