US lawmakers dropped a potential review of South Africa’s ties with Washington on the basis that they pose national-security risks.
President Joe Biden on Monday signed a version of a key annual defense-policy bill that didn’t contain an earlier amendment passed by the US House of Representatives in June that sought the review.
Two congressmen introduced a bipartisan bill to the House in February, criticising a series of foreign-policy positions taken by South Africa, including its case before the United Nations’ International Court of Justice accusing Israel of genocide.
The proposed bill added to criticism by US lawmakers last year of Pretoria’s refusal to back the Western stance on Russia’s war with Ukraine, and its deepening relationship with the Brics economic bloc.
South Africa maintains that while it may have opposing positions to the US on geopolitical issues, ties between the two nations remain strong. The US is the country’s largest trading
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