South Africa Envoy Sidelined in Talks to Reset Relations With US
Relations between Pretoria and Washington have been fraught since Trump's return to the White House in January. The American president has made the unfounded claim that South Africa is subjecting White farmers to genocide and confiscating their land, expelled its ambassador, halted most aid and threatened to slap a 30% reciprocal tariff on its exports to the US by Aug. 1 if a favorable trade deal isn't struck. There have been no official land seizures in South Africa since apartheid ended in 1994.
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