South Africa is working to reset US relations that have been under assault by Donald Trump since his return to the White House.
Pretoria is preparing a bilateral trade agreement as a backstop in case it loses access to a preferential accord, according to the deputy trade minister. And it’s shoring up its diplomatic presence in Washington following the expulsion of the country’s ambassador this month.
As part of the multi-pronged strategy, a South African business delegation also visited New York this week for talks with some of the 600 US companies who operate in Africa’s most-industrialised economy on how to prepare for the potential loss of duty-free access.
Ties between the two nations have been battered by a cascade of actions by the US president. Trump’s objections include South Africa’s genocide case against Israel at the International Court of Justice and claims of land seizure at the expense of
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